Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
The bet365 Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England and the home of EFL Championship club Stoke City. The stadium was previously called the Britannia Stadium but was renamed on 1 June 2016 when the club entered into a new stadium-naming-rights agreement with its parent company, Bet365 . [ 4 ]
The online gambling industry has seen an increase of mergers and acquisitions in recent years. [1] This has been caused by a number of factors including saturation of the market, consolidation in fragmented markets, the repeal of PASPA in the U.S. [2] and a greater desire for economies of scale.
Coates set up the Bet365 Foundation in August 2012. In February 2016 it was renamed Denise Coates Foundation. It is a registered charity under English law [16] and it donated £100 million [17] to 20 UK charities as of 2014. In 2022 the charity donated £1 million to help families in Ukraine. [18]
Peter Coates was born in Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent, the youngest of 14 children. [2] He was brought up by his sister, Irene, after his mother died when he was two. [2] His father, Leonard was a miner and World War I veteran who had a keen interest in football, where they regularly attended Stoke City's Victoria Ground. [2]
John Fitzgerald Coates was born in January 1970, [1] the son of Peter Coates, chairman of Stoke City F.C. and director of Bet365. He attended Bristol University , where he studied law. [ 2 ]
Betfair is a British gambling company founded in 2000. Its product offering also includes sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo.Business operations are led from its headquarters in London, alongside satellite offices in Ceuta, Dublin, Leeds, and Malta.
It is located on the junction of the A500 and the A50 adjacent to the Bet365 Stadium. The area around the stadium was formerly a spoil tip for the Hem Heath Colliery, which closed in the mid-1990s; the stadium itself opened in 1997. The surrounding area has also been redeveloped and is home to a hotel, restaurant, health club and a number of ...