Day: 23 November 2018

Manuel Bardon Leads 2018 GUKPT Grand Final Main Event Day 1A

Fri 23 Nov 2018 14.40 Harry Evans
Manuel Bardon Leads 2018 GUKPT Grand Final Main Event Day 1A

One of the most exciting and long-awaited poker tournaments in the United Kingdom is already in action. Cards for the 2018 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final £2,140 Main Event went in the air Thursday afternoon at the famous The Poker Room above Grosvenor Casino Victoria and Manuel Bardon led the 40 players who survived Day 1A. Bardon bagged the most chips at the end of the first starting flight of the tournament and will return to the poker tables for Day 2 this Saturday. With a massive stack of…

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bet365 Pays Record-Breaking £265 Million Salary to Founder Denise Coates in 2017

Fri 23 Nov 2018 9.30 Olivia Cole
bet365 Pays Record-Breaking £265 Million Salary to Founder Denise Coates in 2017

The founder and joint chief executive of British online gambling group bet365 Denise Coates is the highest-paid director in the United Kingdom and probably the highest-paid female chief executive in the world. In an annual report, the company revealed that Coates had received £265 million in salary and dividends in 2017 following a pay rise of £48 million from the previous year. The 51-years-old gambling mogul started the online business in 2001 as sports betting platform that transformed her father Peter Coates’ chain of betting shops. Today, she continues to…

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