The long, painful, arduous wait is over for the most anticipated event of the year.

No, not the royal wedding - McDonald's monopoly is back for 2018.

Every year the fast food chain gives out hundreds of freebies, as well as cash prizes and holidays.

Yesterday, this year's event began, offering trips to Florida, a few £100,000 cash sums - there are even a few mini coopers up for grabs.

To play, McDonald's customers have to buy a qualifying item on the menu - this could be a portion of fries, a chicken legend or a McFlurry.

Each of these items (there are 15 in total to choose from) will have a sticker on the back, corresponding to a square on the monopoly board.

Peeling and revealing the sticker can reveal an instant win. If you've had no luck there, you can enter the code on your sticker on the McDonald's website to see if you've won.

But the real winners are the collectors. If you manage to collect all properties within a certain colour on the monopoly board, you could be in for one of the top prizes.

Of course, to maximise your chances of winning you have to make quite a few trips to McDonald's, but you have until May 1 to complete your collections.

Good luck!