The billionaire boss of Bet365 pocketed more than £270m last year in another huge 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. 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 Bet365’s latest accounts filed at Companies House on Monday. As its controlling shareholder she is also entitled to at least 50% of the £100m dividend that was also paid for the year. The £270.6m combined annual…
