1. 03-29-19 07:24 AM #1
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    *False Report* Body of 5Dimes Owner Found

    It's official now.

    http://www.gambling911.com/5Dimes-Ow...een-Found.html
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  2. 03-29-19 07:33 AM #2
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    Dam
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  3. 03-29-19 07:34 AM #3
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    The guy done a lot for Costa Rican culture this is a sad day for the Sbr forum Rip Tony
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  4. 03-29-19 08:08 AM #4
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    Crazy. RIP
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  5. 03-29-19 08:09 AM #5
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    awful death
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  6. 03-29-19 08:13 AM #6
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    Find it shocking he was from West Virginia
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  7. 03-29-19 08:21 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by eaglesfan371 View Post
    Find it shocking he was from West Virginia
    Are you from there
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  8. 03-29-19 08:41 AM #8
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    Guy was a legend

    5dimes never skipped a single beat
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  9. 03-29-19 08:42 AM #9
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    The top book in the world

    The greatest book maker of all times any country
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  10. 03-29-19 08:42 AM #10
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    sad news
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  11. 03-29-19 08:44 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by slayer14 View Post
    The guy done a lot for Costa Rican culture this is a sad day for the Sbr forum Rip Tony
    Lol what? He did nothing for this country lol

    That said, its a shame really.
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  12. 03-29-19 08:44 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post

    Guy was a legend

    Too often for the wrong reasons

    The guy was very young... Brock , do you think he would rather be a 'nobody' and alive than a dead legend in your mind ?
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  13. 03-29-19 08:46 AM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    Too often for the wrong reasons

    The guy was very young... Brock , do you think he would rather be a 'nobody' and alive than a dead legend in your mind ?
    It's better to burn out, than fade away sammy
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  14. 03-29-19 08:49 AM #14
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    Report: Costa Rica police find body of 5Dimes owner ‘Tony’



    BY Peter Amsel ON October 21, 2018
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  15. 03-29-19 08:51 AM #15
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    Who's in charge of the 5dimes now?
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  16. 03-29-19 08:53 AM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post

    It's better to burn out, than fade away sammy
    you crashed and burned Superbowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, 2014
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  17. 03-29-19 08:54 AM #17
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    Suspected Kidnappers Arrested in '5Dimes Tony' Case - Casino.org
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    Jan 14, 2019 - 5Dimes sportsbook owner William Sean Creighton, aka 5Dimes Tony, ... Star reported sources who said his body had been found, but these ...
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  18. 03-29-19 08:55 AM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by slayer14 View Post
    The guy done a lot for Costa Rican culture this is a sad day for the Sbr forum Rip Tony
    Not just Costa Rica, the entire world. RIP.
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  19. 03-29-19 09:02 AM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brock Landers View Post
    It's better to burn out, than fade away sammy

    he didn't burn out, he was brutally snuffed out

    no one, short of murderers and molesters deserve to go out like that
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  20. 03-29-19 09:09 AM #20
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    Damn , RIP
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  21. 03-29-19 09:12 AM #21
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    Sad, guy was a boss for sure, definitely could see film being made about him. Kinda odd story how did this guy rise to power?
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  22. 03-29-19 09:14 AM #22
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    The only thing I'd like to know is.... why was he so aggressive on Live Chat?

    Did he have that aggressive style in person?
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  23. 03-29-19 09:16 AM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMoneyShot View Post
    The only thing I'd like to know is.... why was he so aggressive on Live Chat?

    Did he have that aggressive style in person?
    yeah he did... he was like that in person because he knew his money could buy him protection, he was almost beat up by an employee once but security stepped in
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  24. 03-29-19 09:18 AM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by slayer14 View Post
    Are you from there
    No, from Maryland.
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  25. 03-29-19 09:22 AM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by slayer14 View Post
    The guy done a lot for Costa Rican culture this is a sad day for the Sbr forum Rip Tony
    Quote Originally Posted by HurryUpAndDrink View Post
    Lol what? He did nothing for this country lol

    That said, its a shame really.
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  26. 03-29-19 09:23 AM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMoneyShot View Post
    The only thing I'd like to know is.... why was he so aggressive on Live Chat?

    Did he have that aggressive style in person?
    Guy was a major dick in live chat and had personal experiences of such. Acted like he was king of the world and showed me the door. He definitely did not deserve death or going out this way but I do not feel bad for him.
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  27. 03-29-19 09:30 AM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMoneyShot View Post
    The only thing I'd like to know is.... why was he so aggressive on Live Chat?

    Did he have that aggressive style in person?
    Report: Costa Rica police find body of 5Dimes owner ‘Tony’


    Creighton had a well-earned reputation for being extremely blunt in his communications with 5Dimes customers, but the book had been an online betting mainstay for two decades and there appears little reason to assume that the business won’t carry on as usual despite Creighton’s death.


    Costa Rica was once the primary hub of the online sports betting industry, and reports of violent crime weren’t uncommon in those early ‘wild west’ days. Local media has reported a recent rise in abductions of foreign nationals, including US and Chinese ex-pats, suggesting that industry members who continue to operate in the region may need to take extra precautions to ensure their safety.
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  28. 03-29-19 09:51 AM #28
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    What a way to go, very sad.
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  29. 03-29-19 10:20 AM #29
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    He was an asshole on the phone to me a few times

    who knows the story

    Sounds like his pants got bigger than him
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  30. 03-29-19 10:34 AM #30
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    Guy loved to slash your limits when you beat him.
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  31. 03-29-19 10:53 AM #31
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    Parent Source translated

    Burial of a gringo businessman

    Photo of corpse wrapped and pit in the power of DIARIO EXTRA

    A group of assassins recorded the macabre moment when they buried the body of the American businessman William Sean Creighton Kopko, who was buried in a farm located on Yerba Buena street, very close to the toll on Route 32, where they would have made a pit . Confidential sources mentioned to DIARIO EXTRA that the recording is proof that the mortal entrustment was executed to the letter and the assassins sent it to their bosses to consider the agreement fulfilled. The burial was late at night on an undetermined day, the gravediggers needed a lamp and a pick to dig the pit in the middle of a thicket; as for the corpse it appears covered with what appears to be a black sheet. According to El Periódico de Más Venta in Costa Rica, the group that kidnapped him, whose members were captured and discounted in pretrial detention, only what he intended was to take money, but it seems that Tony recognized one of his captors. However, it is not ruled out that he is a former employee of his, who worked for several years in the betting house located in San Pedro de Montes de Oca, where the victim left on Monday September 24, when they saw him for the last time riding alone in your Porsche Cayenne Turbo vehicle to your home.
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    It is not ruled out that the group of assassins who kept the businessman sitting for several minutes in a chair, while they thought what they were doing with him, was from Puntarenas. In the end, they decided to put a plastic bag on his head until he died of suffocation. Agents of the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) conducted an inspection on the farm where the gringo is believed to be buried, but after several hours of digging and combing the area with a dog specialized in human remains, they could not find the remains, However, the case remains under investigation. The day of the "lift", Tony was carrying a laptop and a cell phone that the criminals stole and pledged, however the police managed to recover them days later, also analyzed for information, but so far nothing has allowed to locate it. DIARIO EXTRA learned that a group of private investigators handled the version that the money deposited for the rescue of Tony, who also owns several betting houses, would have received Cuban citizens living on the island and that some of the "masterminds" "They left the country. JOURNALIST: Manuel Estrada
    Tuesday 26 March, 2019
    TIME: 12:00 AM

    https://translate.google.com/transla...resario-gringo
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  32. 03-29-19 11:13 AM #32
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Costa Rican authorities say they have not found bookmaker William Sean Creighton--known as 5Dimes Tony--and the investigation into his alleged kidnapping remains open. Creighton disappeared in late September. Police have conducted raids and made arrests in Costa Rica and Spain.</p>&mdash; David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidPurdum/status/1111653998283669504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >March 29, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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  33. 03-29-19 11:38 AM #33
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    RIP to a true hero. The Shrink and Tony are having drinks up in the sky looking down at all of us. Two great heroes of the industry!
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  34. 03-29-19 11:46 AM #34
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    Given his business practices, it's tough to have sympathy for him.
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  35. 03-29-19 11:48 AM #35
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    I have talk to Tony many times over the years.... He was a good guy.... sad deal...

    RIP Tony
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