Bet365 boss Denise Coates was paid just under £300m in salary and dividends for the first year of the pandemic, as profits increased thanks to customers offsetting the cancellation of sporting events by playing online slot machines and casino games instead.
The news came as rival Entain, which owns Ladbrokes, also reported strong annual results but said it would return less than half of the furlough payments it received from the government to pay staff.
