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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Laura Watson

Bet365 boss Denise Coates named UK's biggest taxpayer for third year running

The founder of online gambling giant bet365 has been named as the UK's biggest taxpayer - for a third consecutive year.

Denise Coates and her family - who run the Stoke-on-Trent headquartered business - paid an estimated £481.7 million in tax last year, according to the annual Sunday Times Tax List.

The tax liability - which is attributable to Denise, her father Peter and brother John - includes bet365's corporation tax, employer's national insurance and gambling duties as well as Denise Coates' personal tax.

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