10 Largest Gambling Companies In The World

4. Bet365

Total revenue in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 4,035.74

bet365 is one of the most famous betting companies in Europe, and this British company has maintained its reputation as one of the largest gambling companies in the world. It is the only company in the top 4 of our list to not be listed on any stock exchange, with the majority ownership belonging to its founder Denise Coates. It is most famous for sports betting and is even a sponsor for the football team Stoke City, whose city was renamed as Bet365 Stadium. Bets of more than 50 billion pounds are placed annually on sports through Bet365.

The company has attracted a lot of controversy over the years, especially over its refusal to pay some of its biggest winners including refusing to pay 1 million pounds to a horse bettor in Northern Ireland in 2017, which was the most famous such case. Other examples of tens of thousands of pounds and hundreds of thousands of pounds have also been refused by the company. In 2019, it was ranked as the second highest tax payer in the UK.

Its founder Denise Coates has also been criticized for her salary, as she became the highest paid executive in the UK when she gave herself a salary of around 217 million pounds, which moved up to 265 million pounds in 2018.

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