Wigan landmarks are vying to replace the current famous slots

The Greater Manchester town beat off competition from North West rivals, Bolton and Preston, in an online poll.

The Wigan version of the game, made by Hasbro, goes into production in the summer and should be on shop shelves in time for Christmas.

Hasbro are toying with the idea of including an unofficial symbol of the town, a pie, to rival the top hat.

Cloth-cap image

Various Wigan landmarks are vying to replace the famous slots, with Mayfair and Park Lane possibly making way for the town's well-known Pier and even a pie factory.

Football team, Wigan Athletic, which has just won promotion to the Premiership for the first time, and rugby league club, Wigan Warriors, are also likely to get places on the board game.

Wigan-born entertainer George Formby and George Orwell, author of The Road To Wigan Pier - chronicling poverty and unemployment in depression-era Britain - could be commemorated on the board.

The town - famous for its cloth-cap image - also boasts Haigh Hall, a historic manor house set in rolling countryside, the Uncle Joe's Mint Balls sweet factory and the Heinz beans canning factory, one of Wigan's major employers.