From NY Daily News – What happens on a plane bound for Vegas does not necessarily stay on a plane bound for Vegas, and could land you in jail. An Oregon couple are facing federal charges for engaging in “lewd, indecent and obscene acts on an airplane,” according to a criminal complaint posted by The Smoking Gun. Jessica Stroble, 33, and Christopher Martin were traveling from Medford, Ore. to Las Vegas, Nev. on Allegiant Air flight 557 on June 21 when the mile-high mischief allegedly began. A witness sitting across the aisle from the randy traveling companions observed Stroble “perform…

From Huffington Post – At Futures Magazine we were always careful not to equate trading with gambling. The futures industry has always struggled with the reputation that it was nothing but a den of gamblers and has taken pains over the decades to distinguish futures markets from gambling. The distinction is obvious from a macro perspective because futures markets exist as a type of insurance, the opposite of gambling as it historically provided producers and consumers of commodities the ability to lock in prices and take the risk of fluctuating prices off of the table. A farmer is a gambler…

From SBR Forum – SBRforum has launched its free annual football handicapping contest, Beat The Prick IX. This year’s contest awards a whopping $15,500 in prizes, an iPad, SBR shirts, and a healthy 75,000 points per week. The contest centers around “The Prick”, a professional handicapper that makes NFL and NCAAF picks against the spread each week. The object of the game is to out-perform The Prick in a given week. If The Prick were to go undefeated by winning all five bets, no prizes are paid that week, but your progress counts toward your end of the year eligibility….

From Sun Sentinel – As I sat at a poker table the other day, playing a free tournament for a chance to win a spot in the $10 million Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open later this month, I couldn’t help but chuckle — and marvel — at how much the Florida gambling landscape has changed over the past 15 years. When card rooms were approved by the state in 1997, the maximum bet was 25 cents and each pot was capped by law at $10. You couldn’t even really call it poker, since there was no bluffing and the betting…

From iGaming Business – Zynga chief financial officer Mark Vranesh has sold 125,000 of his shares in the social gaming company, according to Watch List News. The shares were sold at an average price of $3 (€2.3). Late last month, the company said that revenues for the second quarter of 2013 had dipped by 31% year-on-year to $231m (€178m) with the number of monthly players having dropped to 187 million from 306 million a year ago. FULL STORY

From Casino City – It seems laughable now in hindsight. Slot machine maker Multimedia Games, Inc. was for sale in 2010 and couldn’t attract a buyer. Today, it’s the hottest commodity for the gaming industry investment community. “We’re an exciting growth story in gaming, and there aren’t too many of those, to be honest,” said Multimedia Games Chief Executive Officer Patrick Ramsey, 39, who joined the company as chief operating officer in 2008. A few years ago, Multimedia Games had only a handful of gaming licenses. Now, with licenses in major markets — including Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Mississippi…