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Canasta – Hip Cat Badge
Meld out before your opponents 7 times this week!

Aces Up! – Goggles Do Nothing Badge
Remove 1500 cards in this week! (Cards removed by planes do not count. Finish the game to check your progress)

Leave your hints and tips on these badges in a comment below. Also see the first comment for a way to meet up with other BadgeHungry readers while you’re working on your badges this week!

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Makeover Madness – You’re Gonna Make It After All Badge
Serve 500 customers this week!

Canasta – Hooray Beret Badge
Make 25 Canastas this week!

The Road to Happiness Premium Badge Album was released last night. (Thanks @doctorx316 for sending in the tip while we were snoozing!) According to Pogo, this album is all about traveling the open road: “Tou love the open road. You love the wind in your hair and the surprises that wait for you around the next bend. Desert or mountains, near or far, these badges celebrate your spirit of adventure!” This one will cost you $5.99 (or 86 gems). Take a look at the badges:

Yahtzee Party! – Ready to Roll Badge
Roll 2 Yahtzees with ‘twos’ in 20 hours!

Yahtzee Party! – Rolls of the Road Badge
Play 10 rounds of Super Yahtzee in 10 days! (Earn at least 1 token in each round)

Trivial Pursuit Daily 20 – Pie for a Pie Badge
Make the goal on 4 random quizzes in 2 hours!

World Class Solitaire – World Class Canyon Badge
Complete 2 World Tours in 30 days! (To complete a World Tour, circle the globe and fly past the city where you started)

Canasta – Melded Mail Badge
Meld out before your opponent 5 times in 1 day!

Payday FreeCell – Solitaire Sanctum Badge
Get 50 or more Bonus Points in a Payday Scratch Bonus Card 20 times in 2 weeks! (Win the game to collect your bonus points)

Phlinx – Egyptian Sky Badge
Win 50 rounds in 8 days!

Ali Baba Slots – Desert Rain Badge
Spin the reels to get 3 Blue Sapphires 10 times in 10 days!

Mahjong Garden – Garden Gates Badge
Complete 20 animals on Medium difficulty level using the ‘Animal’ puzzle set in 20 days!

Tumble Bees – Private Picnic Badge
Spell 100 words in 1 day!

Road to Happiness Premium Badge Album Completion Badge

What do you think of the difficulty level of this album? Did you find yourself using any tricks you can share with others to get these badges faster? Leave a comment below!

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Pogo’s got another Premium Badge Album in the works. It’s called “Road to Happiness” and this one’s going to be quite a toughie — it’s got the following ten challenges and will cost $5.99 (or 86 gems).

Ali Baba Slots – Desert Rain Badge
Spin the reels to get 3 Blue Sapphires 10 times in 10 days!

Canasta – Melded Mail Badge
Meld out before your opponent 5 times in 1 day!

Mahjong Garden – Garden Gates Badge
Complete 20 animals on MEDIUM difficulty levels or harder in 20 days!

Payday FreeCell – Solitaire Sanctum Badge
Get 50 or more Bonus Points in a Payday Scratch Bonus Card 20 times in 2 weeks! (Win the game to collect your bonus points)

Phlinx – Egyptian Sky Badge
Win 50 rounds in 8 days!

Trivial Pursuit Daily 20 – Pie for a Pie Badge
Make the goal on 4 random quizzes in 2 hours!

Tumble Bees – Private Picnic Badge
Spell 100 words in 1 day!

World Class Solitaire – World Class Canyon Badge
Complete 2 World Tours in 30 days! (To complete a World Tour, circle the globe and fly past the city where you started)

Yahtzee Party! – Ready to Roll Badge
Roll 2 Yahtzees with ‘twos’ in 20 hours!

Yahtzee Party! – Rolls of the Road Badge
Play 10 rounds of Super Yahtzee in 10 days! (Earn at least 1 token in each round)

Road to Happiness Premium Badge Album Completion Badge

Canasta – Wild Canasta Badge
Make 15 Canastas with NO WILDS in this week!

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – New Umbrella Badge
Win 15 games without using any Bonus Free Columns this week!

If you’d like to contribute your tips or hints on how to earn any of these badges, or if you’re stuck and need a little help, post a comment below.

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Today Pogo released the May 2009 Mix-n-Match badges and challenges. They each cost 16 gems.

There are two notable differences with this set than when we first gave you a sneak peek:

First, the Mother’s Day Limited Edition badge was not released today. We expect it to be released on Tuesday, so it’ll be out in time for Mother’s Day which is the following Sunday. For more information on it and to see the badge itself, check out the end of the sneak peek post from the beginning of this month.

Second, the requirement for the Monopoly Slots M-n-M has changed. Originally it was Pass GO 3 times in 3 days!, which is not impossible but pretty time consuming at the rate the dice come off the spinners. We think you might get a good laugh out of the new requirement below.

Backgammon – Backgammon Bar Badge
Move 10 of your opponent’s pieces to the bar in 10 days!

Canasta – Red Turtleneck Badge
Get 60 Red 3′s in 2 weeks!
(Finish the game to earn your Red 3′s)

Everyone Wins Bingo – Treehouse Badge
Call 100 wild bingos in 7 days!

Hog Heaven Slots – Castle in the Sky Badge
Smash open 500 pink piggy banks at the top of the screen in 2 weeks!

KenoPop! – Pop Performance Badge
Get 25 Jackpot Spins in 5 days!

Lottso! – Barrel of Balls Badge
Activate the Charity Card 10 times in 5 days!

Monopoly Slots – Almighty Dollar Badge
Pass GO 1 time in 300 days!

Payday FreeCell – Royal Carriage Badge
Win 8 games with 200 tokens or more in 4 days!
(Including Jackpot Spins)

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – End of the Rainbow Badge
Win 1000 tokens in 5 hours!

Sweet Tooth 2 – I Want Candy Badge
Match 10000 pieces of candy in 3 weeks!

Texas Hold’em Poker – Armored Armadillo Badge
Win 10 hands with a Straight or better in 2 weeks!

Yahtzee Party! – Fuzzy Dice Badge
Earn the Upper Score Card Bonus 15 times in 5 days!
(Score at least 63 points for Aces through Sixes)

If you have any hints or tips that you’d like to share, please include the name of the badge and your suggestions in a comment below. If you’d like some help with completing a badge, let us know below as well. Thanks!

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Here’s a sneak peek of the May 2009 Mix-n-Match badges and challenges. They’ll all cost the usual 16 gems, with the exception of the Limited Edition Mother’s Day badge which will cost 28. These will be released on May 1 (or April 30, if this month was any indication)!

Backgammon – Backgammon Bar Badge
Move 10 of your opponent’s pieces to the bar in 10 days!

Canasta – Red Turtleneck Badge
Get 60 Red 3′s in 2 weeks!
(Finish the game to earn your Red 3′s)

Everyone Wins Bingo – Treehouse Badge
Call 100 wild bingos in 7 days!

Hog Heaven Slots – Castle in the Sky Badge
Smash open 500 pink piggy banks at the top of the screen in 2 weeks!

KenoPop! – Pop Performance Badge
Get 55 Jackpot Spins in 5 days!

Lottso! – Barrel of Balls Badge
Activate the Charity Card 10 times in 5 days!

Monopoly Slots – Almighty Dollar Badge
Pass GO 3 times in 3 days!

Payday FreeCell – Royal Carriage Badge
Win 8 games with 200 tokens or more in 4 days!
(Including Jackpot Spins)

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – End of the Rainbow Badge
Win 1000 tokens in 5 hours!

Sweet Tooth 2 – I Want Candy Badge
Match 10000 pieces of candy in 3 weeks!

Texas Hold’em Poker – Armored Armadillo Badge
Win 12 hands with a Straight or better in 2 weeks!

Yahtzee Party! – Fuzzy Dice Badge
Earn the Upper Score Card Bonus 15 times in 5 days!
(Score at least 63 points for Aces through Sixes)

Also, keep an eye out for this Limited Edition badge which will cost 28 gems:

Everyone Wins Bingo – 2009 Mother’s Day Limited Edition Badge
Call 250 bingos in 7 days!

Tomorrow morning, Pogo will release its “new features” (with Mini Awards in Canasta, Everyone Wins Bingo, Mahjong Garden, Pogo™ Addiction Solitaire, and Tri-Peaks Solitaire) and Monopoly Slots. As with any new Pogo release, you’ll be able to add Monopoly Slots to your favorites in the morning and play from there.

Today, Pogo has also released the first set of M&M’s for the year: January 2009’s Mix-n-Match badges. Each badge and challenge costs 16 gems; this set of badges will expire on Jan 19, 2010.

Bingo Luau - Bingo Island Badge
Get a Team Bonus 3 times in 1 day! (Call Bingo with the card color that has the most bingos)

Canasta – Melding Pot Badge
Make 13 Canastas with NO WILDS in 13 hours! (Finish the game to check your progress)

Everyone Wins Bingo – Evergreen Badge
Call 77 vertical bingos in 77 hours!

First Class Solitaire – Flight Club Badge
Complete 9 foundation stacks in 1 day!

Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Cold, Hard Cache Badge
Win 10,000 tokens in 30 days! (Including Jackpot Spins, Finish the game to check your progress.)

Phlinx – Fearless Pharaoh Badge
Win 5,000 tokens in 3 days!(Including Jackpot Spins)

Pogo Addiction Solitaire – Reshuffle Badge
Win 15 hands in 15 days!

Poppit! – Professional Popper Badge
Pop EVERY SINGLE BALLOON in 3 puzzles in 3 weeks!

Spades – Slick Tricks Badge
Win 1 1,000-point game in 2 days!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Spiral Serpent Badge
Reach the 3X Bonus Multiplier 22 times in 1 week! (This is an Expert Level Badge)

Trivial Pursuit Daily 20 – Dessert Course Badge
Win 5,000 tokens in 25 minutes!

Yahtzee Party! – Shake, Rattle and Roll Badge
Play 5 rounds of Super Yahtzee in 1 week! (Earn at least 1 token in each round)

If you have any hints or tips on how to achieve any of these badges, please post a comment below including the name of the badge and your tip! (These comments are moderated; only on-topic comments will be approved.)

Also, what did you think of the “Expert Level Badge” note about Tri-Peaks Solitaire’s Spiral Serpent badge? Was it really that hard, should it have received such a rating? Do you think all badges should have ratings?

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