The gamble pays off for Denise Coates, though some have been critical of the bet365 founder’s salary and other rewards, given the economic outlook of the UK at the moment.

Bet365’s latest accounts show that the company paid $127 million (£100 million) to the Denise Coates Foundation, which distributes funds to charitable activities across the UK and overseas.

A sale could net Denise Coates, who holds a 58 per cent stake, more than £5bn. Under her leadership, Bet365 has grown to one of the most successful online gambling platforms in the world.

As gambling company Bet365's controlling shareholder, Denise Coates was also entitled to at least half of the company's £100million dividend that was also dished for the year.

Britain’s richest woman Denise Coates saw her pay rise by £7m to just over £220m last year, despite her family’s gambling empire Bet365 making a loss. Ms Coates took home a total of £270m ...

Denise Coates, bet365 founder and co-CEO took a significant pay cut in the reporting period. In the previous year, Coates took home nearly £221 million in salary.

Bet365 Group Ltd founder and joint Chief Executive Officer Denise Coates received a salary of £220.7 million ($280 million) during the last financial year, up 3.4% from the previous period, even ...

BET365 boss Denise Coates is building a £90m mega-mansion after raking in the UK’s biggest every salary of £469million last year. The gambling chief, 53, is developing a luxurious glass house ...

Denise Coates, the joint-chief executive and majority shareholder of Bet365, also earned at least 50% of the company’s $127 million (£100 million) in dividends on top of her $281 million salary ...

Bet365’s latest accounts show that the company paid $127 million (£100 million) to the Denise Coates Foundation, which distributes funds to charitable activities across the UK and overseas.