were discovered in a cemetery<\/a> in a small fishing village in Costa Rica, some 100 miles from where he was abducted.<\/p>\nCustomers Furious<\/b><\/h2>\n Creighton had been deemed a “bad actor” by the US government for operating an illegal, offshore sportsbook. He was accused of laundering $2 million in 2016 by federal prosecutors by accepting deposits and withdrawals via Amazon gift cards. US financial institutions are banned from facilitating transactions related to illegal gambling enterprises.<\/p>\n
5Dimes says it will stop accepting bets from US customers on September 21. Current accounts have until September 25 to withdraw their funds, otherwise the money will be transferred to a claims administrator.<\/p>\n
Customers are reporting on Twitter that it’s no easy task to collect their money.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/5DimesSB\/status\/1305617988087885825<\/p>\n
“Five days since I requested payout. Money still in the account, but the cashier says I can’t request money since it is paid out. If you want us back in the future, you better pay out what we are owed,” @Mikeak01 tweeted.<\/p>\n
“Still waiting on my bitcoin payout over six days now,” said @paysnoopcali. “I hope for your sake that you’re lying about wanting to come back to the US market. You’ll have a wrath of your current customers waging a negative publicity campaign against you,” added @FackoTall.<\/p>\n
Offshore Industry<\/b><\/h2>\n With legal sports betting now operational in 18 states, no longer do millions of US residents who want to make a bet on a game have to access an offshore site.<\/p>\n
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A recent study conducted on behalf of the American Gaming Industry found that spending with illegal offshore bookmakers dropped 25 percent last year in states that have legalized sports wagering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“We’ve known for a long time that Americans like to bet on sports. This research affirms their interest in moving toward the protections of the legal market,” declared AGA President and CEO Bill Miller.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The widow of 5Dimes founder William Sean Creighton, aka “5Dimes Tony,” is speaking out on the future of the offshore sportsbook. But current customers are voicing their anger for how the company is ceasing business in the United States. Last week, 5Dimes abruptly announced that it was exiting the US, a market it had served […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":148811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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