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Eat Cheetos, Win FarmVille Items with Zynga/Frito-Lay Promotion

The next bag of Funyuns you buy might earn you a Spring Llama in FarmVille. Players of three of Zynga’s most popular social games are about to be rewarded for snacking on Cheetos, Ruffles, Dorti...
Eat Cheetos, Win FarmVille Items with Zynga/Frito-Lay Promotion
Written by Josh Wolford
  • The next bag of Funyuns you buy might earn you a Spring Llama in FarmVille. Players of three of Zynga’s most popular social games are about to be rewarded for snacking on Cheetos, Ruffles, Dortios, and Lays.

    Frito-Lay and Zynga have teamed up for a promotion that allows Facebook gamers to unlock prizes in FarmVille, CityVille, and CastleVille by purchasing certain snack-sized bags of chips. Players can purchase the specially marked bags at WalMart, and once they’re done munching they must enter a code into the Game Card Tab on the specific game on Facebook.

    There’s a different prize for each game and for each different bag of chips. For instance, a FarmVille-labeled bag of Ruffles nets players the “Chip to-go Bistro” while a CityVille-marked bag of Cheetos gets you a “Brilliant Beach House.”

    Also part of the promotion are Zynga gift cards, in the amounts of $15 and $25. Buying those will also give you access to a special item. But it you pair a gift card with the codes of 4 out of the 5 participating snacks, you can unlock a “Super Item.” For FarmVille, a Spring Pegacorn; For CityVille, a Glowing Glass Condo; and for CastleVille, a Red Knight’s Horse.

    Speaking of food and Facebook social gaming, last month we told you about a new reward service that awards Facebook credits for eating out at various restaurants. Plink allows you to sync up your credit card so whenever you slide it at a Taco Bell or a Quiznos, you earn credits that can be used toward items in CityVille, Mafia Wars, and more.

    As Zynga expands promotions and attempts to make nearly everything and Facebook credit-earning opportunity, they might also have something else in mind. CEO Mark Pincus recently said that he thinks Zynga and online gambling is a “good natural fit.”

    The Frito-Lay promotion will run from March 1st to April 12th. Here’s a full chart of what you will get from each snack:

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