Every time we turn around there are more Mini Award items in the works! Check out these new goodies!

It looks like we’ve got more Mini Award items coming in Word Craft, Dice City Roller, World Class Solitaire, one of the Monopoly Games (the board game Monopoly Here & Now or Monopoly Slots), KenoPop, and …more?
Check out our Mini Awards page for all of the upcoming and current Mini Award items.
by Lura on April 30, 2009
A little while ago we told you about this premium badge album in the works, and now we have more details! When it’s released, the Pogo Cookbook premium badge album will have 10 challenges (and an album completion badge) and it will cost you $5.99. As you can see from the album icon to the right, the cute chef’s hat theme continues throughout the graphics in the album.
The badges and challenges are as follows:
Click to view animated badges and challenges
by Lura on March 31, 2009
by Lura on March 25, 2009

Mahjong Safari – Wildlife Watching Badge
Match 300 tiles this week!

MONOPOLY Here & Now – Jail Break Badge
Go to Jail 10 times this week! (Just visiting doesn’t count)
Once again, these are pretty straightforward badges. However, if you have any hints or tips on how to earn either of these badges faster or easier, please post a comment below!
Here’s a sneak peek of the twelve April 2009 Mix-n-Match badges and challenges:
Battle Phlinx – Cursed Stone Badge
Earn 25 powerups in 2 weeks!
Checkers – Check Please Badge
Capture 100 checkers in 3 days!
Hangman Hijinks – Climb The Ladder Badge
Win 5 games with NO WRONG GUESSES in 2 weeks!
Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Hidden Gem Badge
Solve a puzzle on Normal skill level in 60 minutes or less in 1 day!
Monopoly World – Luxury Taxi Badge
Roll 12 doubles in 3 hours!
Penguin Blocks – Chill Penguin Badge
Win 6,000 tokens in 10 days!
Poppit! – Spinning Bow Tie Badge
Make 30 super pops in 1 day!
QWERTY – Penguins Playing QWERTY Badge
Capture 25 stars in 5 days!
SCRABBLE – Woodworking Badge
Earn 100 Double Letter Score Bonuses in 3 weeks!
Sock Hop Slots – Road to Fame and Fortune Badge
Get a Gold Duck symbol for story bonus 6 times in 4 days!
Tri Peaks Solitaire – Beware of Falling Rocks Badge
Get to the gold chest 4 times in 2 hours!
Tumble Bees – Good ‘Til the Last Drop Badge
Spell words of 5 letters or longer 75 times in 10 hours!
Pogo’s doing a new sweepstakes promotion where you can win a $50 gift card. Each week, a different game will be featured and each week when you play the game you’ll be entered to win!
This week’s game is Monopoly and you can get one entry each day, so don’t forget to play!

Step on up and play the new Game of the Week Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $50 gift card!
Each week in March, play each day to enter for a chance to win. It’s that easy and the games are so much fun!
Check the schedule below for your game favorites. Or try them all each week! You could be the next winner!
# MONOPOLY 3/2-3/8
# Mahjong Safari 3/9-3/15
# First Class Solitaire 3/16-3/22
# SCRABBLE 3/23-3/29
We’ll post again each week to remind you to play for your entries. Good luck!
by Lura on January 13, 2009
Today, Pogo has released the new Premium Badge Album containing challenges in the four Hasbro games: Yahtzee Party!, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble. It contains 10 challenges and costs $5.99 or 86 gems.
Here are the badges and challenges for the Family Classics Premium Badge Album:
Monopoly Here and Now – Big Freebie Badge
Land on “Free Parking” 10 times in 2 weeks!
Monopoly Here and Now – Go-getters Badge
Pass “GO” 12 times in 1 week!
SCRABBLE – “AMAZING” Badge
Win 10 games in 10 days (Play with Pogo’s House Rules only!)
SCRABBLE – SCRABBLE Scrambles Badge
Earn 40 Double Word Score Bonuses in 3 weeks!
Trivial Pursuit – Box of Knowledge Badge
Answer 100 questions correctly in 3 weeks!
Trivial Pursuit – Genus Genius Badge
Successfully make the goal on a Daily or Calendar Quiz 15 times in 8 days!
Trivial Pursuit – Pasta-bilities Badge
Successfully make the goal on a Random Quiz 10 times in 10 days!
Yahtzee Party! – Chance of a Lifetime Badge
Score 20 points or more 5 times in Chance in 15 days!
Yahtzee Party! – Twirling Yahtzee Badge
Get 3 Yahtzees in 3 days!
Yahtzee Party! – Yahtzee Gone Wild Badge
Roll 30 wild dice in 3 days!
This album contains badges for Scrabble (a product licensed by Hasbro only in U.S. and Canada, not UK) so it’s not available for Pogo UK users or users outside of the United States and Canada.
If you have any hints or tips on how to earn 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.)
by Lura on December 16, 2008
Today, Pogo has rolled out additional changes to Badge Central, and with those changes come December’s Mix-n-Match badges. Each badge and challenge costs 16 gems; this set of badges will expire on December 22, 2009.
Battle Phlinx – Original Prankster Badge
Win 5 team games in 2 weeks!
Canasta – Cool Shades Badge
Get 2 Jackpot Spins in 1 day!
Crazy Cakes – Needs More Frosting Badge
Serve 200 desserts in 2 weeks!
Dice City Roller – Dice Dice Revolution Badge
Play 500 dice in 2 weeks!
Hog Heaven Slots – Cloud Cover Badge
Collect 5 Hog Heaven symbols in 1 hour!
Jigsaw Treasure Hunter – Treasure Vault Badge
Solve 1 puzzle on the Hard Skill Level or higher in 30 minutes!
Jungle Gin – Chasing Waterfalls Badge
Win 6 hands IN A ROW in 3 weeks!
MONOPOLY Here & Now: The World Edition – Winter Parking Badge
Land on Free Parking 10 times in 1 week
Poppit! – Weighted a Long Time Badge
Use a ”weight” power-up 25 times in 2 days!
SCRABBLE – Good Wood Badge
Earn 20 Double Word Score Bonuses in 5 hours!
Stack ‘em – Welcome to Cloneybrook Farms Badge
Get 15 Jackpot Spins in 15 days!
Texas Hold’em Poker – Pocket Rockets Badge
Win 11 hands in 11 days!
Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Frost Peaks Badge
Clear 33 peaks in 3 days!
Word Whomp – A Little Wordy Told Me Badge
Win 15 games on Skill Level 3 in 3 weeks!
World Class Solitaire – Prepare for Takeoff Badge
Get 5 passport stamps in 5 days!
by Lura on December 14, 2008
Pogo is putting together a new Premium Badge Album containing challenges in the four Hasbro games: Yahtzee Party!, Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble. It will contain 10 challenges and will cost $5.99. This new premium album should be released in a few weeks. Here are the badges and challenges:
Monopoly Here and Now – Big Freebie Badge
Land on “Free Parking” 10 times in 2 weeks!
Monopoly Here and Now – Go-getters Badge
Pass “GO” 12 times in 1 week!
SCRABBLE – “AMAZING” Badge
Win 10 games in 10 days (Play with Pogo’s House Rules only!)
SCRABBLE – SCRABBLE Scrambles Badge
Earn 40 Double Word Score Bonuses in 3 weeks!
Trivial Pursuit – Box of Knowledge Badge
Answer 100 questions correctly in 3 weeks!
Trivial Pursuit – Genus Genius Badge
Successfully make the goal on a Daily or Calendar Quiz 15 times in 8 days!
Trivial Pursuit – Pasta-bilities Badge
Successfully make the goal on a Random Quiz 10 times in 10 days!
Yahtzee Party! – Chance of a Lifetime Badge
Score 20 points or more 5 times in Chance in 15 days!
Yahtzee Party! – Twirling Yahtzee Badge
Get 3 Yahtzees in 3 days!
Yahtzee Party! – Yahtzee Gone Wild Badge
Roll 30 wild dice in 3 days!