The boss of gambling firm Bet365 was paid more than 200m in just one year, which is one of the biggest salaries ever awarded in the UK. 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.

Denise Coates, who set up Bet365 in a portable building in Stoke-on-Trent in 2000, was paid a salary of 213m in the year to March 2024, according to the company's latest accounts published on Friday.