Ontario regulation would have given 5Dimes a legal sports betting foothold in the North American market for the first time since it exited the US in September 2020. Ultimately, however, popularity cuts no dice with the cash-thirsty nature of the industry.

Judging by the calls to “pour one out” on Twitter, the potential demise of 5Dimes is being met with a fond toast, a sign of the sportsbook’s popularity. Sources close to Laura Varela, owner of 5Dimes and the widow of murdered American bookmaker William Sean “5Dimes” Creighton, report her as having “had it” with the “incompetence” and is on the “verge of a nervous breakdown.” Redemption denied The company was supposedly about to gain a license to operate sports betting in Ontario.

Instead, a Costigan Media news site reported on Friday that 5Dimes owner Laura Varela is planning on shuttering the sportsbook ahead of Super Bowl Sunday. Was supposedly about to gain a license to operate sports betting in Ontario Despite a valiant effort to reform to legal US sports betting, the former giant of offshore sportsbooks will not be making a triumphant entry into Ontario after all, sources close to the firm claim.