English JK Rowling lands spot on Scottish Monopoly

A new version of the board game Monopoly, which celebrates the best of Scotland, is going on sale.

But games chiefs fear they could end up in their own jail after including a space for English-born Harry Potter author JK Rowling.

The makers of the game said a section featuring famous contemporary Scots had proved "challenging".

They said Rowling, who wrote her best-selling novels in Edinburgh, narrowly "pipped" TV presenter Lorraine Kelly.

Rowling, who has lived in Scotland for 21 years, played a part in the recent referendum outcome after she made a £1m donation to help fund the Better Together campaign.

She is joined on her part of the board by former first minister Alex Salmond and tennis star Andy Murray.

Colin Fisher, from Winning Moves UK, said: "The board is a celebration of everything Scottish in arguably the nation's most momentous year ever.

"The contemporary personality set of famous Scots of today proved more challenging. We did some polling and two who fared very well were adopted Scots - Rod Stewart and JK Rowling.

"It was a tough call in the end and we nearly had to roll the dice to decide between Lorraine Kelly and JK Rowling. Sean Connery and Lulu were the next closest."

The board also features customised playing cards such as picking up money for snapping a picture of Nessie, landing a hole in one at St Andrews and scoring a cup winner at Hampden.

Players will also get fined for littering Edinburgh's famous Princes Street.