Bet365 is a British gambling company founded in 2000. Its product offering includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and 😄 online bingo. Business operations are conducted from its headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent, alongside a satellite office in Malta. It was founded 😄 by Denise Coates, who remains the majority shareholder and joint-chief executive, alongside her brother John Coates.
In addition to the company 😄 headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent, Bet365 have further offices in Manchester, Gibraltar,[1] Malta,[2] Bulgaria and Australia. The group employed over 4,000 people 😄 as of 2024.[3][4]
Bet365 was founded in 2000 in a portable building[3] in Stoke-on-Trent by Denise Coates. Denise developed a sports 😄 betting platform and trading team to launch the business online in March 2001. The business borrowed £15 million from Royal 😄 Bank of Scotland against the family's betting shop estate which had been started by Peter Coates in 1974 and had 😄 been run by Denise Coates as managing director from 1995. Bet365 sold its betting shop chain in 2005 for £40 😄 million to Coral and paid off its loan to RBS.[6]
Controversies [ edit ]
Although gambling is illegal in most jurisdictions of 😄 India, Bet365 nonetheless conducted surrogate advertising in the country. India's consumer affairs ministry served notices to various television channels and 😄 apps for promoting gambling companies and asked them to stop showing ads from Bet365 and other betting platforms immediately.[32]
