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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!

Spades – Spade Invaders Badge
Work with your partner to win 100 tricks this week!

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Spidey Sense Badge
Win 3 games IN A ROW this week!

The Spidey Sense badge can be won in just a few minutes. Set the game’s skill level to Easy and make use of your free columns. The Undo button can help you decide your best move when you’re presented with many similar options.

…and if you haven’t finished it yet…

Thanksgiving 2008 Super Badge
Win 6 Challenge Badges between November 19 and December 9! (This includes personal and Premium Challenges!)

The following Mix-n-Match badges are expiring on July 15th — if you haven’t purchased them with your gems yet, you might want to, as they will be retired and will never return again.

Euchre – Euchre Champ Badge
Win 3 games IN A ROW in 2 weeks!

Jungle Gin – Owl Butterfly Badge
Underknock your opponent 5 times in 10 days!

Lottso! – Charity Badge
Activate the Charity Card 30 times in 3 weeks!

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Dancing in the Rain Badge
Win 1,000 tokens in 1 hour!

Squelchies – Blowin’ Bubbles Badge
Activate the Blow Fish 100 times in 3 weeks!

Stack ‘em – Stack-o-meter Badge
Earn 3,000 tokens in 3 hours!

Word Whomp Whackdown – Short Leash Badge
Find 1,500 words in 15 days!

Blackjack Carnival – Blackjack Bonanza
Dice City Roller – Blazin’ Dice
High Stakes Pool – Swimming Pool
Jungle Gin – Chameleons in Love
Lottso! – Mad Scratcher
Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Web in the Window

If you haven’t purchased them, go get ‘em now!

Dominoes – Hundred Hand Badge
Win 100 hands this week!

There’s not a lot beyond general dominoes strategy that we can tell you about this challenge. 100 hands may be time-consuming, so be sure to allocate some time to getting this badge. The good news is that you’ll be progressing towards your ranks with every point you earn, regardless of whether you win or lose.

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Cloud Burst Badge
Win 8 games this week!

If you’re not a big fan of this game, you’ll want to play this one on an easier difficulty level; it’ll go faster, but you won’t rank up or rack in tokens as quickly as on higher levels. Don’t forget to make use of your free cells, free columns, and the undo button.

Poppit! – 2008 Easter Limited Edition Badge
Use a “pin” or “weight” power-up 30 times in 3 days! (Finish the game to check your progress.)

Bingo Luau – Hula Festival Badge
Get a Bingo on a Green Card in 5 days!

Dominoes – Double Pair Badge
Play a “double 2″ domino 22 times in 2 weeks!

High Stakes Pool – Park Bench Badge
Win 3 games IN A ROW in 3 weeks!

Pogo Bowl – Bowling Night Badge
Knock down 500 pins in 5 days! (Your pins are counted after you complete each game.)

Rainy Day Spider Solitaire – Rainbow Swing Badge
Win 2 games on HARD difficulty level in 10 days!

Tri-Peaks Solitaire – Temple of the Sun Badge
Clear 30 “peaks” in 30 minutes or less! (Peaks are the top 3 cards in each hand.)

Today Pogo released the Relax & Play Premium Badge Album. It is $5.99 or 86 gems, and contains 10 stress-free challenges for Mahjong Garden, Poppit!, Jigsaw Detective, First Class Solitaire, Jungle Gin, Rainy Day Spider Solitaire, Dominoes, Word Search Daily, Sweet Tooth 2, and Thousand Island Solitaire.