Bet365 Gambling Boss Earns ₤ 213m in One Year Bet365 gambling employer makes ₤ 213m in one year 6 January 2023 In charge of gambling firm Bet365 was paid more than ₤ 200m in simply one year, which is among the biggest incomes ever awarded in the UK. The greatest paid director of Bet365 Group, thought to be founder Denise Coates, made a salary of ₤ 213.4 m in the year to March 2022. She was also entitled to at least half of ₤ 100m in dividends, regardless of a fall in profits. Bet365 did not right away react to the BBC's ask for comment. But project groups such as the High Pay Centre struck out at the statement, arguing it acted as a pointer that "excessive [money] is going to too few individuals" in the UK economy. Its spokesman Andrew Speke said: "It shows if the federal government desired to supply higher support to those having a hard time and increase the pay of striking public sector workers dealing with real wage cuts, increasing tax on high incomes and wealth would be one of the most reliable ways of funding this." Labour MP Carolyn Harris, who co-chairs a cross-party parliamentary group examining gambling-related damage, stated that losses made by users as costs are increasing "are spending for the huge wages of betting bosses". She contacted the government to advance its white paper on gaming and upgrade laws that have actually been in location for decades. Ms Coates established the Bet365 website in a portable structure in Stoke-on-Trent more than twenty years ago. She is thought to be among Britain's richest women and amongst the best-paid employers on the planet. After training as an accountant she assisted build the group into one of the most significant online gambling companies from her dad's bookmaking service. Her brother is likewise co-chief executive.