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  • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
    Bet365 faces probe by Australia’s anti-money laundering watchdog

    UK gambling company is latest in sector to be targeted for scrutiny by financial crimes unit

    The online gambling website Bet365 displayed on a smartphone
  • Friday, 12 January, 2024
    Bet365 ‘cash machine’ keeps paying out for the house

    The Stoke-run gambling empire has made Denise Coates one of the world’s best-paid bosses

    A montage of Denise Coates and the logo of Best365 in the background
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Bet365 chief Denise Coates’s salary rises to £221mn

    Founder also took at least £50mn in dividends despite gambling group’s £72.6mn pre-tax loss

    Denise Coates
  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Bet365 chief Denise Coates’s earnings topped £260mn in 2022

    Gambling group founder remains UK’s richest woman despite successive cuts to pay package

    Denise Coates
  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    Bet365 chief Denise Coates has her pay cut for first time in 3 years

    Base salary falls more than a third to £250mn as gambling group’s revenues hit by pandemic

    Bet365 chief executive Denise Coates
  • Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
    Bet365’s Denise Coates joins best-paid global executives with £421m package

    UK gambling group also pays dividend of £95m, split between its four directors

    Denise Coates
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2020
    Football Association UK
    FA under pressure to pull deal giving bookmakers streaming rights

    English football’s governing body urged to reconsider contract with sports agency IMG

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2019
    Bet365: from Stoke-on-Trent car park to betting behemoth

    Chief Denise Coates paid record £323m last year but company’s growth is slowing

    Denise Coates: Billionaire boss of gambling firm Bet365 sees pay rise to £265m. The head of the online sports betting giant which also owns Stoke City football club is Britain's best-paid boss. Bet365 boss Denise Coates has seen her annual pay rise to £265m, the gambling firm's latest accounts have revealed.
									
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  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    Bet365 head Denise Coates sets UK record with £323m pay packet

    Founder of UK gambling company remains one of world’s best-remunerated executives

    Denise Coates
  • Friday, 6 September, 2019
    News in-depth
    UK’s Bet365 takes a punt on US market

    Stoke-based operator looks to bring its in-play betting expertise to New Jersey’s shores

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  • Thursday, 6 December, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Tesco fraud case crumbles as SFO tries to have cake and eat it

    Acquittal of two former directors is a serious blow to agency’s dual-track strategy

    FILE PHOTO: A company logo is pictured outside a Tesco  supermarket in Altrincham northern England, April 16, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
  • Friday, 23 November, 2018
    Person in the News
    Denise Coates, the quiet queen of online betting from Stoke

    The former cashier with a flair for maths launched Bet365 from a car park and now presides over a global champion

  • Thursday, 22 November, 2018
    Bet365 stands out among rivals for more than pay

    UK online gambling group awarded CEO £220m last year as it outpaced sector

    Investitures at Buckingham Palace...bet365 Chief Executive Denise Coates with her Commander of the British Empire (CBE) medal which was presented by the Prince of Wales during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, central London.
  • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
    LombardKate Burgess
    Bet365 chief beats odds with £220m leadership prize

    Coates reveals winning hand with revenues and profits surging at company 

    Investitures at Buckingham Palace...bet365 Chief Executive Denise Coates with her Commander of the British Empire (CBE) medal which was presented by the Prince of Wales during an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace, central London.
  • Wednesday, 21 November, 2018
    Bet365’s Denise Coates paid £220m in 2017

    Co-founder of online gambling group one of the world’s highest paid executives

    Undated handout photo issued by Bet 365 of their joint Chief Executive Denise Coates.
  • Friday, 22 June, 2018
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    Online gambling: the hidden epidemic

    Smartphone betting apps are used by millions — and for some it’s a dangerous addiction

  • Wednesday, 7 March, 2018
    UK companies
    Paddy Power Betfair bets on beating regulatory impact with advertising boost
  • Saturday, 12 August, 2017
    US & Canadian companies
    How UK beat the odds to win at online gambling

    Three British bookmakers played a deft hand in $44bn global industry

  • Friday, 5 May, 2017
    The Top LineJosh Noble
    Gambling muddies reputation of the beautiful game

    Joey Barton’s case highlights ‘clash between rules and culture’ of modern football

    Burnley player and former England international Joey Barton
  • Wednesday, 3 August, 2016
    Jamie Smyth
    Lay your bets on Australia gambling tax reform

    Notebook: Bookies complain over ban on ‘cruel’ dog-racing and a new state levy, writes Jamie Smyth

    Anna Robinson plays at "The Phantom" slot machine at Bowlers Club in Central Sydney November 23, 2011. Australia has 197,000 slot machines, called "pokies", the highest number of machines per head in the world. Slot machines feed 62 percent of the A$19 billion-plus ($17.5 billion) annual gaming sector. But the gamblers, largely working-class Australians, are on a collision course with the Labor government as it tries to tackle problem gambling, a battle that can impact Prime Minister Julia Gillard's political future. Picture taken on November 23, 2011. To match Feature AUSTRALIA-GAMBLING/ REUTERS/Daniel Munoz (AUSTRALIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) - RTR2UEGJ
  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2015
    Sport
    Bet365 sees profits rise 92%

    Increase in pre-tax profits at gambling group to £410.2m comes after a 43% rise in sports gamblers

    bet365's website
  • Monday, 13 April, 2015
    UK economy
    Online gambling makes Stoke woman a billionaire

    World’s biggest betting site started in a hut in a car park

    bet365's website
  • Monday, 1 October, 2012
    European companies
    William Hill’s gamble may pay off
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  • Friday, 25 September, 2009
    Westminster blogJim Pickard
    Labour donor: Don’t call us, we’ll call you (not)
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