article_snippet.sent: But while voters are saying one thing in public, Britain's bookies are seeing a completely different picture in private – with punters placing a flood of cash on the Tories.
article_snippet.sent: While voters are saying one thing in public, Britain's bookies are seeing a completely different picture in private – with punters placing a flood of cash on the Tories .
article_snippet.sent: Twice as many bets on who will win the most seats have been placed on the Conservatives than Labour, MailOnline can reveal.
article_snippet.sent: One bookie alone has taken five bets for more than £10,000 on David Cameron's party to emerge with the most seats – with not a single bet of this size on Ed Miliband's Labour.
article_snippet.sent: With the election going down to the wire, bookies have seen a flood of political bets.
article_snippet.sent: Gambling industry experts told MailOnline this year's general election to be the first in history with more than £100million placed on MailOnline outcome – three times the amount staked in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: The bookies Paddy Power said The bookies Paddy Power are expecting the election to be the biggest non sporting market in the election history – topping the market on the next Pope after Benedict's retirement and the flood of bets on the royal baby in July 2013.
article_snippet.sent: So far it has seen twice as much staked on the election this year than at the same point last time.
article_snippet.sent: The largest bet placed with Paddy Power was a £50,000 punt on a hung Parliament which was made at the end of March with odds of just 1/5.
article_snippet.sent: The lucky punter would scoop £10,000 if neither party won a majority.
article_snippet.sent: While most of the bets have been placed on who will be the biggest party, there have also been a host of left-field punts.
article_snippet.sent: More than 100 bets have been placed on  
article_snippet.sent: If either party were to pull off the shock feat, the bookies would be forced to pay out more than £100,000.
article_snippet.sent: Betting at another bookmaker Coral paints a similar picture.
highlights_snippet.sent: Twice as many bets are being placed on the Tories to win over Labour .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: One bookie alone has taken five bets for more than £10,000 on the Tories .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: General election set to be the first to break the £100million betting barrier .