Mafia Wars Las Vegas items now giftable, but not very useful

Mafia Wars Las Vegas
You know, Zynga could have really wowed us with the new set of giftable items the team alluded to yesterday in Mafia Wars, changing the way Trading was done to increase its usefulness. Unfortunately, a list of weapons, armor, vehicles and animals were made available for Trading that will almost certainly become obsolete once Italy hits by the end of this month. We expected Las Vegas job unlock and Collection items and to help the stragglers finish this content before everyone makes the big trip, but nay. (Though, we were right on target with Mystery Animals.)

Well, check behind the cut nonetheless to see what soon-to-be aged junk you can now gift along with official rules from Zynga and our explanation of how all this works.
Trading
Zynga needs to make up its mind on what's Gifting and what is Trading in Mafia Wars. To clear up the company's usual cryptic fashion and lack of desire to explain anything, these are items that are gifted to others from your own loot. Just click the "Gifting" button on the navigation bar, then click the "Trading" tab. From there, you can now gift items from Las Vegas loot and more, in addition to what was already giftable, directly from your loot to your mafia. Gifting like this thankfully doesn't affect your Free Gifting totals.

If only being able to gift dated items wasn't enough, there are three stipulations to this new feature. First off, if an item was bought for Reward Points, it cannot be traded. Second, unique items like boss fight and challenge mission rewards cannot be traded. Lastly, energy boosts of any kind cannot be gifted. Now that the official rabble is through, here's a full list of what can be gifted.

Vegas Weapons:

    Carver
    24k Chainsaw
    Biohazard
    El Escorpión
    Pump Shotgun
    Gilded RPG
    Belt Fed Shotgun
    Two Pair
    Precision SMG
    Range Finder Rifle
    Arcturion Assault Rifle
    Pitbull Sentry Gun
    Ripper Assault Rifle



Vegas Armor:

    Football Jersey
    Rhinestone Cowboy
    Reinforced Boots
    Reinforced Tuxedo
    Motorcycle Helmet
    Femme Fatale
    Ventilated Blast Cap
    Biker Leathers
    Police Riot Helmet
    Reinhardt & Otto
    Ares Power Armor
    Hopped-Up Thug
    Cooling Vest



Vegas Vehicles:

    Moving Truck
    All Terrain
    Road Tractor
    Sand Storm
    Highrise Sport
    Classic Convertible
    High Society
    Hard Four
    Dune Buggy
    Mojave Mike
    Performance Sports Car
    Goldsmobile
    X-22 Peregrine
    Foo Fighter
    Ballista Missile Launcher
    Amphiquad



Vegas Animals:

    Bison
    Bark Scorpion
    Bighorn Ram
    Gila Monster
    Diamondback
    Pronghorn Antelope
    Bighorn



Bangkok Animals:

    Attack Cobra
    Riding Elephant
    Komodo Dragon
    Forest Scorpion
    Chain Viper



Mystery Animals:

    Arabian Leopard
    Badger
    Buffalo
    Dingo
    Cassowary
    Piranha
    Electric Eel
    Kangaroo
    King Cheetah


It's unfortunate that more useful items weren't made available for trade like Collection and job unlock items, but these might be useful to players trying to get through the tougher boss fights and survive high-level fights in Las Vegas. But don't worry, it'll all be useless when we make the move to Italy. Hey, at least Zynga can always update it.

Mafia Wars: Catch up with triple mastery in Las Vegas and double loot from Fights

If you've fallen out of favor with Mafia Wars, and you aren't one of the "naughty" players that Zynga kicked from the game today, you'll be happy to know that Zynga wants you to catch up to your friends, or even pull ahead if you're a high-level player. They're allowing you to accomplish this over the next two days by offering two bonuses throughout the game. First, if you're a fan of the game's fighting mechanic, you'll earn double the loot from fights throughout this entire weekend.

The big news here though is the fact that until sometime next week (six days from now, to be exact), you'll be able to earn triple - yes, I said triple - the mastery points for completing a single mission in the Las Vegas portion of the game. Whether you've yet to step foot inside this virtual version of Sin City, or if you're just trying to finish off your last few missions, this triple mastery will have you doing so three times faster, meaning that you'll save tons of energy in the process! Who can argue with that?!

Have you already finished everything there is to accomplish in Mafia Wars: Las Vegas, or have you been waiting for such an event to catch up to your friends?