Bet365 boss’s £421m pay for 2020 takes earnings over £1bn in four years

Bumper package for Denise Coates comes as gambling firm reports fall in revenue The Bet365 boss, Denise Coates, was paid nearly half a billion pounds in salary and dividends last year in a record-breaking deal that takes her pay since 2016 to more than £1.2bn. After an unusual delay in filing its accounts at Companies House, the gambling company released accounts showing that its highest-paid director, understood to be Coates as chief executive, received £421m – or £48,000 every hour of every day throughout the 12-month period. Read full story