Update: 5Dimes addresses dispute with facts confirming bets made after game concluded.
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Ok, so I just got done chatting with the infamous Tony. That guy is an idiot. I always see the posts that talk about the guy and his criminal practices and just chalk it up as stories online. It's all true. Yesterday I made a deposit for $1,000. I made a few wagers that won, but were never graded.
After a few hours of waiting for them to grade I contacted the book. They said that the wagers were awaiting manager approval the next day. No problem. Weird as it had never happened before, but whatever because I know everything is as it should be. I wake up this morning at 10am Pacific time. I try to log into my account to see if the wagers are resolved and it says I have been suspended and that I had to live help chat with Tony. Shocking, but again no problem. Clearly this must be a mistake. I start chatting with this dumb guy and he already is getting hostile making threats and calling me a thief. I'm completely in shock, but somehow not surprised based on all the stories I have already read about the guy. My whole state of mind was that I won't be punked by this guy calling himself god and all other types of demeaning references and insults. I tried to ask him what the issue was since I honestly had no clue. The guy never answered me throughout the first conversation. He ended the conversation and I'm not just going to let this guy steal my money so I got on another live chat with him. He kept insisting I confess to something. I'm not carrying a guilty conscious of anything at that point because quite honestly I placed a normal bet is my perspective. Eventually he comes out with it and states that one of the selections I had made was post posted. I live on the West Coast and was working when the bet was placed. Maybe I'm not a sharp because I don't handicap all my games and do extensive research on everything I bet. I bet when I like something. Usually my source for what games are on is the 5d board itself. When I'm away from home my only source of information is the espn app on my phone.
I made a bet on the Bundrage/Hernandez fight that was posted to begin at 10:45pm est. I bought the line for $100 at 4 different prices since it had a limit on it each time. Fighting bets is my strength and it was a good bet in my eyes. I didn't get to watch the event, but when I checked the results when I got home I it had won. Now I'm dealing with this. Tony is labeling me a thief. Claiming he is going to blacklist me at all the books. Implying he is going to kill me. I then told him that if this is where I have betting my money at, then I want a refund of my deposits as it is a scam. If you win money you are a thief. If you lose it is all fine. That is pathetic.
I even offered him to cancel the wagers if there was any fault with them. He refused to resolve the issue and said he is going to keep my money. I am utterly disgusted with this whole situation and honestly feel sick that this book is rated A+ on any review site. Tony is horrible. I never had a problem with a book. I have only been gambling for around 4 months. This is a reality check for me on the type of individuals that operate the industry. SBR I need your help as it seems you guys are the only entity this self titled "god" cares to acknowledge. I have $1000 I just deposited yesterday this guy is trying to steal from me. I am willing to cancel the $1,500+ of winnings this guy is contesting as ill gotten goods. I took a line at work that said the event started at 10:45pm est. My bet was locked in at 10:56pm and it was accepted. I thought it was a postponement that allowed me to make the wager as the line remained up for a good 15-20 minutes after I made my initial wager. According to Tony the event started much earlier than 10:45pm. Why was this line still up? How am I supposed to know which lines are valid or not if I'm not watching the event? I have never googled a start time for an event because this had never happened to me. 5d lines had been pretty accurate up until that point and I had no reason to second guess it. Every time a line had been past the start time, and the game had already started, the site had never let the bet push through before. It usually gave an error message after entering your password. I am outraged by how this whole thing in Tony's eyes is my fault. How about taking some accountability and placing the blame on your staff for leaving a line up that says it started at 10:45pm and Tony claims started much earlier than that. If anything happens at my house, any kind of shooting, any kind of event I swear Tony and 5D will be prosecuted and sued for everything they have.
This whole situation is scummy af. I have a copy of all the wager tickets in question and also the transcripts of the 2 chat sessions I had with this guy. PLEASE HELP! I want to try to resolve my account as I don't want to get my cc's involved. When I lose I own up to it like a man. I have lost over $15,000 of my money on this book in 4months and have never complained. Now I'm considering contesting all deposits if I can't get a fair shake at wagering. That is what the investments were all about, winning money. Cancel the wagers or give me a refund is what I'm asking for at this point. No one consciously tried to get over on your book. Not everyone is a crook you scumbag! Making threats to kill me! It's ridiculous that this guy can get away with this crap.