Billionaire Coates family of Bet365 stump up half a billion in tax
Billionaire Coates family of Bet365 stump up half a billion in tax The Coates family of Bet 365 have topped the list of taxpayers this year. Gambling family Denise, John and Peter Coates of Bet365 have paid more than half a billion pounds (£573m) in tax this year, making them the top taxpayers in the UK. Denise Coates founded Bet365 in 2000, and the tax paid by the family and the business is equal to the price of paying for 62,725 state pensions for a year. Billionaire businessman Glenn Gordon was number two on the list of top taxpayers, paying £436.4m to the taxman, follow...