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Profile: Denise Coates

Denise Coates

30/12/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Denise Coates

How a gambling hunch made the elusive Denise Coates Britain's best paid boss.

A hunch about online gambling has made Denise Coates Britain's best paid boss. Chris Bowlby discovers how this elusive figure from Stoke masterminded a global betting revolution.

A hunch about Online gambling has made Denise Coates from Bet365 Britain's best paid boss. Chris Bowlby discovers how this elusive figure from Stoke masterminded a global betting revolution. We follow her career from the tough world of 1990s betting shops to today's lucrative round the clock business. But why has hardly anyone - even in her home town - ever heard of her?

Producer: Smita Patel
Editor: Emma Rippon.

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