What is Bet365?
[[File:Bet365 Logo.svg|thumb|Bet365 Logo]]'''Bet365''' is a British [[gambling]] company founded in 2000. It offer [[sports betting]], [[Online and offline|online]] [[casino]], online [[poker]], and online [[bingo]]. The business operations is run from its office in [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. There is a satellite office in [[Malta]]. It was founded by Denise Coates, who is the majority shareholder and joint-chief executive, alongside her brother John Coates. She pays tax in the UK on her salary and dividends. John owns about a quarter of its shares. Her two sisters — Moira and Siobhan — each own 5% of the business. Her husband, Richard, also works for the company. More than 7000 people work for the company. They must live within 30 miles of Stoke. It is the largest private employer in Stoke. It has expanded into North America.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Porter|first=Gary|date=2024-01-08|title=bet365 creates 1,475 new jobs as £72m losses explained|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/bet365-creates-1475-new-jobs-9020329|access-date=2024-01-11|website=Stoke on Trent Live|language=en}}</ref> It has been very profitable since 2008. It is [[investing]] a lot of money into the expansion into America. [[Ray Winstone]] was in their [[advertising]]. A lot of their business is in [[grey market]]<nowiki/>s, like [[China]], where gambling is not allowed. Denise Coates is an [[economics]] graduate from the [[University of Sheffield]]. She has been paid about about £2.5 billion since 2008. She was paid a [[salary]] of £220.70 million in the year to 26 March 2023. This was more than a quarter of the company’s wage and benefit costs for staff. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Parker|first=Hayley|date=2024-01-10|title=bet365 boss Denise Coates' £220m salary deemed 'not sensible or proportionate'|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/bet356-boss-denise-coates-220m-9024740|access-date=2024-01-11|website=Stoke on Trent Live|language=en}}</ref> She also gets at least 50% of the £100 million [[di