In only 12 months Denise Coates, her family and the business she started from a cabin pitched in a car park 22 years ago has contributed £481.7 million to the public purse💰thetimes.co.uk/article/who-is…
Break it down any way you please. This is enough money to pay the salaries of 14,400 nurses or 13,160 secondary school teachers, enough to buy eight new F-35 jets for the RAF. Hell, it could even fund a mile and a bit of HS2🚄
Britain's top taxpayers👇
Britain's top taxpayers👇
Today’s gambling apps and websites allow punters to bet round the clock on an array of sports all over the world.
Gaming can be done discreetly from the palm of a punter’s hand, with apps that are easy to use — but have serious implications for those who become addicted📱
Gaming can be done discreetly from the palm of a punter’s hand, with apps that are easy to use — but have serious implications for those who become addicted📱
Even before the pandemic the Gambling Commission, the industry regulator, estimated there were 400,000 problem gamblers in the UK, with about 55,000 of these aged 11 to 16
But evidence is building that the isolation of lockdowns and home working, growing financial insecurity and other anxieties fostered a climate ripe for a boom in online gaming
You might wonder what Bet365 and other gambling giants do to help alleviate the harm people do to themselves through their services. The first two pages of Bet365’s latest annual report — written in Coates’s name — is in fact dominated by “safer gambling” initiatives
The passage highlights a new “time-out” tool that allows customers to impose a “personal curfew” on their betting and gaming. There is also mention of an early-risk detection system, which aims to identify customers getting themselves into financial trouble
The quiet queen of British gambling has been feted as the country’s most successful “self-made” female entrepreneur.
Her salary soared to £421.2 million in 2020 — almost certainly the biggest pay packet in British corporate history
Her salary soared to £421.2 million in 2020 — almost certainly the biggest pay packet in British corporate history
A low profile may also have softened the criticism of Coates and Bet365. TV appearances and interviews are almost always declined. Those who have met her speak of her lack of “airs and graces”
“I don’t enjoy the attention,” Coates said in a rare newspaper interview a decade ago. “I’m not saying I’m a shrinking violet — I’m not. I’ve been bossy all my life”
Coates for many years eschewed a billionaire lifestyle but her new residence is more befitting of a billionaire. Set in 52 acres, with an artificial lake, this £90 million property features a sunken tennis court, stables, ornamental gardens, workers’ cottages and a boathouse
Read more about Coates’ rise to fortune here👇thetimes.co.uk/article/who-is…
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