My understanding is that the CCG is very similar to the actual game, but they do money differently in the CCG because they don't have all the chits that the game itself does.
I'm not opposed to trying it. I actually have the game somewhere at home. The biggest problem is that it would require a lot more public knowledge than the actual game does. Either that or someone would need to run it. For example, when I redistribute wealth, I don't need anyone to know how much money I have on each spot, but that can be very important information later in the game when I am trying to keep someone from controlling my cards.
Come to think of it, someone would need to run it anyway to be impartial about what cards are turned over each turn.