The highest paid director of Bet365 Group, believed to be founder Denise Coates, earned a salary of 213.4m in the year to March 2024. She was also entitled to at least half of 100m in dividends, despite a fall in profits. Bet365 did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for comment.

Denise Coates CBE (born 26 September 1967) is a British billionaire businesswoman, the founder, majority shareholder and joint chief executive of online gambling company Bet365. As of July 2024, Forbes estimates Coates's net worth at $7.7 billion.