One of the highest salaries ever given in the UK was granted to the CEO of the gaming company Bet365, who received more than £200 million in a single year. Denise Coates, the rumored founder of Bet365 Group, had a salary of £213.4 million for the fiscal year that ended in March 2022. Despite a decline in profits, she was also entitled to at least half of the £100 million in dividends.
The BBC contacted Bet365 for comment, but they didn't get back to them right away.

Its spokesman Andrew Speke said: "It shows if the government wanted to provide greater support to those struggling and increase the pay of striking public sector workers facing real wage cuts, increasing tax on high incomes and wealth would be one of the most effective ways of funding this."

As prices rise, consumers' losses "are paying for the exorbitant salaries of gambling bosses," according to Labour MP Carolyn Harris, co-chair of a parliamentary group that examines harm associated to gaming.She urged the government to provide its white paper on gaming and amend long-standing legal frameworks.More than 20 years ago, Ms. Coates created the Bet365 website in a temporary structure in Stoke-on-Trent.
She is regarded as one of the richest women in Britain and one of the highest-paid businesspeople in the world. 

She assisted in transforming the organization from her father's bookmaking business into one of the largest online gaming organizations after obtaining her accounting credentials.
The co-chief executive is also her brother.

The most recent business accounts show that Ms. Coates made approximately £250 million in remuneration the previous year. The ten richest men's wealth "doubled in the pandemic". Increasing pay disparity between managers and employees. 

The Bet365 group's profitability fell as more money was poured into efforts to go global.Bet365 reported a profit before tax of £49.8 million for the year, significantly less than the £469 million profit reported in 2021 after deducting a loss of £26.2 million from its ownership of Stoke City Football Club.With more than 6,000 personnel now on the payroll, the organization's salary costs also increased dramatically.The company made a total of £2.9 billion in revenue in the fiscal year that ended on March 29, 2022, a rise of 2% from the prior year.
Online game revenue increased by 25% over the course of the year, despite a decline in sports betting sales. 

The Denise Coates Foundation received charitable gifts totaling nearly £100 million. The eldest of four children, Ms. Coates, obtained a first-class degree in econometrics while still in school and working part-time for the family business. She has been referred to be one of the "most successful women" in the UK, having seen the possibilities that online platforms offered.

Ms. Coates previously said in a rare interview with a neighborhood newspaper: "I was convinced early on that gambling would work well on the internet. It is private, accessible and allows you to present a huge range of betting opportunities to customers."