Bet365

bet365 Group Limited, is a British based gaming company. One of the UK's largest betting companies, it used to operate 59 licensed betting offices in the county, employ over 500 employees, who processed over 250,000 bets each week. Bet365 is now an exclusively online gaming company offering sports betting, poker, casino games, and bingo as well as video streams on sporting events. Bet365 still has on course bookmaking services provided by a small team of bookmakers. It is estimated that it now processes a much greater volume of bets and employs close to 1,000 people. [cite web|url=http://www.onlinebookies.eu/|title=Bookies|work=oddsworld.co.uk|accessdate=2007-09-25]

The company, based in Stoke-on-Trent, is owned by Peter Coates, chairman of Stoke City F.C. and the 25th richest person in British football. [cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=158338&command=displayContent&sourceNode=158321&contentPK=16129697&moduleName=InternalSearch&formname=sidebarsearch |title= This is Staffordshire - COATES TAKES HIS PLACE AMONG THE BIG PLAYERS |accessmonthday= 10 December |accessyear= 2006]

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