Billionaire Bet365 boss pockets further £270m payday | Executive pay and bonuses

The billionaire boss of Bet365 pocketed more than £270m last year in another eye-watering payday for the founder of the Stoke-on-Trent-based gambling company.

Denise Coates, who set up Bet365 in a portable building in the Staffordshire city in 2000, received the bumper payout despite the firm making a £60m loss in the year to March 2023.

She was paid a salary of £220.6m in the year to 26 March 2023, a £7m increase on her pay the year before, according to the company’s latest accounts.

As the company’s controlling shareholder she is also entitled to at least 50% of the £100m dividend…