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Jennifer Lopez has definitely kept her name in the news with a music renaissance and a high-profile spot as a judge on American Idol, so her professional career is back to where it once was. Her personal life has also seemed to recover nicely from her divorce from Marc Anthony and you know you have a good thing going when you have to refute rumors that you’re engaged.

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Lopez and Anthony split last year and Lopez has since taken up with Casper Smart, a backup dancer who is 18 years younger than the 42-year-old (who will be 43 on July 24th). Although, it should be said she still takes very good care of herself. The two started seeing each other last fall and things have gotten serious to the point that websites have started rumors that the two are engaged. Lopez has since come out with a statement on her website saying that the rumors are untrue but she does appear to be happy with Smart, who will serve as the choreographer of her tour later this year.

Lopez doesn’t even really talk about her relationship with Smart in interviews, perhaps scaling back on letting the media into that side of her life after relationships with Sean “P.Diddy” Combs, Ben Affleck and Anthony (the latter two were marriages).

Will Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart get engaged in 2012?
Yes 5/1
No 1/8

Bovada odds makers feel as though Lopez is true to her word and they have released odds of 1/8 that she will not be engaged in 2012 but there is a tasty 5/1 that she will and it could go either way. Given her track record, it wouldn’t be a huge stretch to think that Lopez would get married again, but it could also go the other way and she may want to take it extra slow after her past. You’ll surely hear about it if Lopez decides to tie the knot again.

The game merger and acquisition craze is still hot in 2012 thanks to the rapid growth in the number and size of game deals this year.

Data from the Corum Group, a mergers and acquisitions services company, and Digi-Capital show that this year continues to be a hot one for the game industry, according to a presentation by Jim Perkins and Alina Soltys at the Casual Connect game conference in Seattle.

“Gambling and gaming has become a very important sector,” Perkins said. “Overall, M&A in gaming is a frenzy.”

Two big deals signal the shift that is happening this year toward mobile and cloud gaming. Zynga bought OMGPOP for at least $180 million as it sought to capture the benefits of the fast-growing mobile gaming title Draw Something. And Sony gave a big endorsement to cloud gaming with its $380 million acquisition of Gaikai.

Read More: Mobile and online game acquisitions heat up in 2012 | VentureBeat

As if ripped from a James Bond movie scene, a woman, dressed in a towel having just emerged from the shower, dries her hair and says, "five minutes." As the camera glides across a very James Bond-like abode, James Bond, himself aka Pierce Bronson, walks into the frame and intones, "take your time."

Bond puts on his cufflinks, grams his coat from the closet, grabs his Visa card and straightens his tie. As his half-his-age date emerges dressed to the nines in an evening gown, Bond asks, "Are you ready?"

He then presses a button revealing his plans for the evening. Much to the dismay of his date, it doesn't look like there will be fancy dining and other Bond-like activities. Oh no. But, no matter, Bond seems pretty pleased with himself even if his date wishes she were in an actual Bond movie with a much more Bond-like character who would lavish her with an evening worthy of, well, Bond.

This being a commercial, the date will have to wait for her action-filled evening and, instead, enjoy and evening of super exciting online gambling.

Read More: Bond-Like Pierce Brosnan Pimps Online Gambling Site Lottomatica - Adrants

Many Hollywood marriages don't have a happy ending and apparently we've got one more to add to the books. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are headed for divorce.

The news came as somewhat of a surprise last week and the gossip rags hadn’t really seen this coming. Often times the paparazzi will have some sort of insight into the matters – as they did with Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries – but that was not the case here.

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Rumor has it that Cruise’s beliefs in Scientology pushed Holmes to the edge. She was concerned about their young girl Suri being forced into Scientology as well and she wanted to pull away before it was too late.

Holmes filed for divorce in New York, which could pave the way for her to receive full custody. The State of New York has shown a history to side with the mothers and grant them full custody. Had she opted to file like somewhere in California, she would be less likely to get her wish.

For Cruise, it seems like 33 is his number. All three of his marriages have ended when his wives were 33-years-old, which is a little of a coincidence when you consider that 33 is an important number in Scientology as well.

In any case, Cruise is back on the market, which should make plenty of women happy. He’s long been one of the most sought after men in Hollywood and now he’s definitely available. For Holmes, she’s still very much in her prime and should have no problem finding someone to keep her company.

The two sides are hoping for an amicable settlement but we’ll get a feel for how contentious things can get in the coming weeks and months.

Americans love to bet. For decades, Hollywood has been making sweeping epics about gangster life, featuring wise guys who run bookmaking operations. Unfortunately, more often than not, these movies end badly for the numbers man. The fact is most gambling is illegal in the United States. Some states and federal laws permit lotteries, horse track betting, and of course, bets can be placed at casinos throughout the country.Every day, millions of potentially taxable dollars travels out of the U.S. and into the hands of offshore sportsbook operators.

The current U.S. policy on bookmaking, and gambling in general, are both hypocritical and confusing. There's a growing movement to capture these tax dollars and to have online sports wagering legalized. Bookie software services, such as PayPerHead-com, make it easy for bookmakers to take bets from American gamblers. If the government were to consider the potential tax windfall, the call to legalize bookmaking would become stronger.

Read More: Why Is The U.S. Government Wasting Billions In Tax Dollars? - MarketWatch