It’s been over three decades since The Simpsons first premieres on Fox back in 1989. Since then, over literally dozens of seasons of TV, there is one particular topic that seems to pop up time and again. Does this show actually predict the future? After all, there are so many events that happen in the show, only to happen years later in the real world.
Realistically, no, The Simpsons does not predict the future. Still, the writers are very good at picking and choosing events that end up actually occurring down the road. With 700 episodes under its belt, though, this series has a rather surprising batting average when it comes to predicting the future, though.
We’ve already gone through 10 times the series predicted the past previously. That’s si…
Read moreAccording to the latest survey of the American Gaming Association (AGA), Super Bowl LVII will again be the sports thrill of the year as 50.4 million American adults (20%) are expected to wager on the winner of the NFL’s championship game. This intention sets a new betting record as this year’s number of expected wagers is 61 percent larger than the previous record hit in 2022. Americans will place an estimated $16 billion of bets on the 2023 super-duel between Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs to double the last year’s forecasts.
Rising interest in sports betting:
AGA informs that the expansion of legal sports betting results in the amount of traditional Super Bowl wagers expected to exceed casual betting for the first tim…
Read moreVICI Properties Inc.’s subsidiaries completed the purchase of the real estate assets that belonged to Century Casinos, Inc. The acquired properties are Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton, Century Casino St. Albert Century Mile Racetrack and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, and Century Downs Racetrack and Casino in Calgary, Alberta, as the Century Casinos announced recently.
Transaction details:
The price of this aggregate purchase was CAD 221.7 million, or USD $162.4 million in cash. The company kept CAD 154.5 million (USD $113.2 million) after additional costs such as selling expenses, taxes of both countries and the amount th…
Read moreStarting July 15, Google will revise its Google Ads policies for daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators and lottery couriers, enabling them to run advertisements across a wide array of US states, according to the July 2024 updates to Google’s Gambling and games policy.
This policy shift represents a significant development for daily fantasy sports and lottery operators, allowing them to expand their marketing efforts through prominent search engines. The updated policy will enable these ads to run in states where such advertising was not permitted previously.
For daily fantasy sports operators, this change will impact states like California, Georgia, and Utah—regions where online sports betting is currently prohibited. In addition to these states, other regions, includ…
Read moreMinus a few Alienware-specific drawbacks, this Aurora R16 might be one of the cheapest RTX 4080 gaming PC deals you’ll find this month.
The RTX 4080 is not our recommended graphics card. We like the 4090 (better performance, and a little more expensive) and the 4070 (weaker performance, better price to performance ratio) more at their price points. But if you’re set on the middle ground between the two, you won’t find a cheaper prebuilt gaming PC than the Alienware.
This is a compelling value for the $2K range. The Aurora R16 slides in at just under $2,000 ($1,949.99) actually, and it doesn’t make the sort of compromises you’d expect for a gaming PC touting an RTX 4080, which normally runs around $1,200 by itself in 2023. In this build you get 1TB of SSD storage, 16GB …
Read moreDragon Age: The Veilguard has side quests—a lot of them, side quests you should probably do if you want to say appropriately levelled for harder difficulties. You ought to tackle them right away, as well, since the game doesn’t really warn you that you’re about to cross them off your list as you progress the main story.
I’m here to tell you that you extra shouldn’t miss out on one side quest, though: Regrets of the Dread Wolf. You get this quest pretty early on in the game, and while it might scan as an optional Crossroads-themed treasure-hunt, it actually has a massive impact on the game’s main story. To the point where I’m shocked it isn’t really a part of the main quest (although you do get one of the statuettes you need from the main questline).