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Phlinx - Anubis’ Badge
Win 25 rounds this week!

Word Whomp - Carrot-cicle Badge
Win 15 games IN A ROW this week!

This year, Pogo’s given us a lot of gifts for the Holiday Season! Here are a few things you can do to get in the spirit while playing on Pogo.

• For 28 gems, you can get the 2008 Christmas Limited Edition Badge (Receive 10 gifts in 5 days in Mahjong Safari)
• Pick up your free “Ornamental You” animated background for your mini and other new and old items in the Mini Mall
• Play one of the games that’s been decorated for the holiday season: Pogo Bowl, Word Whomp, Poppit! and Jigsaw Treasure Hunter
• Get free Pogo tokens each day in December by playing Scrabble and Poppit!
• Enter a sweepstakes for HP products or a sweepstakes for 1 million Pogo tokens

Happy Holidays!

In addition to the redesigned Badge Central pages Pogo has released October’s Mix-n-Match badges today! They haven’t yet included the special edition Spooky Slots badge that will set you back 28 gems. All of the badges are as follows:

Bingo Luau - Ukelele Badge
Get 10 bingos on Yellow cards in 10 days!

Chess - Red Horse, Of Course Badge
Win 2 games in 2 days!

First Class Solitaire - Extra Legroom Badge
Win 3 games IN A ROW in 3 days!

KenoPop! - In the Spotlight Badge
Win 5000 tokens in 2 weeks!

MONOPOLY Here & Now - Floating Money Badge
Have a player pay you rent 50 times in 5 days!

Mahjong Safari - Safari Browser Badge
Make 200 Animal Combos in 4 weeks!

Makeover Madness - New Hairdo Badge
Deliver 25 multi-color hairdos in 1 week!

Phlinx - Sticks and Stones Badge
Make 250 stones fall in 10 minutes!

Word Whomp - Flip a Sign Badge
Win 2500 tokens in 5 days!

Today’s maintenance brings us the September 2008 Mix-n-Match challenges and badges. They are as follows:

Monopoly - MONOPOLY Limited Edition Badge
Pass “GO” 10 times in 2 hours or less!

Pogo Addiction Solitaire - Givin’ Gifts Badge
Give 10 Token Gifts in 10 days!

Everyone Wins Bingo - Greedy Squirrel Badge
Win 5,000 tokens in 5 days!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter - Hunting for Treasure Badge
Solve 1 puzzle in 5 minutes or less in 1 day!

Jungle Gin - Scary Safari Badge
Underknock your opponent 15 times in 15 days!

Lottso! - Lottsotopia Badge
Place 350 wild star balls on the game cards in 3 weeks!

Poppit! - It’s Raining Balloons Badge
Use a “pin” or “weight” power-up 100 times in 3 weeks!

SCRABBLE - SCRABBLE Winner Badge
Play a Blank Tile 10 times in 1 week!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire - Quick Hands Badge
Play 50 hands in 1 hour or less! (You don’t have to win each hand you play!)

Word Whomp - Snowball Badge
Win 4 games IN A ROW in 10 minutes or less!

Backgammon - Double Back Badge
Roll Doubles 40 times this week!

Word Whomp - Word Whomp Welcome Badge
Find 55 5-letter words this week!

and…

Summer 2008 Super Badge
Win 7 Challenge Badges between July 30 and August 26!
(This includes personal and Premium Challenges!)

The badges and challenges for July 2008 Mix-n-Match have been released.

Jungle Gin - Rainbow Beak Badge
Win 60 hands in 10 days

Pinochle - Makin’ Music Badge
Create 25 Runs in Trump in 4 weeks
(A Run in Trump includes Ace, 10, King, Queen and Jack in the trump suit in your hand.)

Pop Fu - Rising Sun Badge
Reach the Speed Round 4 times IN A ROW in 1 day!

Squelchies - Magic Pearl Badge
Remove 888 Squelchies in 18 minutes or less!

Texas Hold’em Poker - Friendly Cowboy Badge
Win 8 hands with Two Pair or better in 2 weeks!

Word Whomp - Whomp is a 5-letter Word Badge
Find 55 5-letter words in 5 days!

World Class Solitaire - Heart of Class Badge
Win 12,000 tokens in 18 days!(including Jackpot Spins!)

Pogo’s created some great exercise-themed, animated badges for a new Premium Album coming soon. Each badge features a Pogo character doing some type of workout. There’s Tex Carter from Tri-Peaks on an exercise bike, Payday Freecell’s King on a mini-trampoline, a Squelchie jumping out of his fishbowl to hit a punching bag, the Word Whomp gopher on a treadmill, and Boogie Bear from Tumble Bees lifting weights. That’s five badges and challenges for this upcoming album so far. We’ll keep you posted as we hear of a name and what these games’ challenges will entail.

There’s a new Premium Badge Album available: Game Journeys.

It’s available for $5.99 or 86 gems. It contains the following challenges:

World Class Solitaire - Our Journey Begins Badge
Complete 6 cities in 4 weeks!

Alibaba Slots - Magic Carpet Ride Badge
Win 2,000 tokens in 4 weeks (including Jackpot Spins!)

Word Whomp - Diggin’ Carrots Badge
Find 50 5-letter words in 4 weeks!

Lottso! - Lottso Ball Barrage Badge
Activate the Charity Card 15 times in 4 weeks!

Lost Temple Poker - Lost Temple Discovery Badge
Win 50 hands in 4 weeks! (Your payout must be more than your wager.)

Stack ‘em - Aurora Borealis Badge
Match all 5 special pieces 8 times in 4 weeks! (Special pieces are blue circles with yellow stars.)

Poppit! - Balloon Canyon Badge
Release 4,000 prizes in 4 weeks!

Bingo Luau - Bingo Lanai Badge
Correctly predict when the first “B1″ ball will be called 6 times in 4 weeks!

KenoPop! - Casino Pop Badge
Win the Shared Number Bonus 8 times in 4 weeks!

Tri-peaks Solitaire - Peak Palace Badge
Win 10,000 tokens in 4 weeks (including Jackpot Spins!)

The I Heart Badges Album is on sale for $2.24 or 32 gems. This album was originally released way back on December 30, 2005. If you haven’t picked it up yet, this might be a good time. It contains the following four challenges:

Lottso! - Scratch ‘n Match Badge
Earn 4,000 Tokens

Texas Hold’em Poker - Armadillo Badge
Win 9 hands with “3 of a kind” or better!

Word Whomp - Golden Word Badge
Reveal the special “golden word” bonus 40 times!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire - Treasure Chest Badge
Get to the gold treasure chest 10 times!