LONDON, May 25 (UPI) -- Online British bookies resumed taking bets Wednesday on which character gets killed off in the sixth "Harry Potter" novel.
Betting on which character will die began eight months ago after author JK Rowling confirmed a key character would be killed off. But after a rash of bets began pouring in from the British town of Bungay, where the book is being printed, Internet betting Web site Blue Square Tuesday suspended betting for fear the manuscript had been leaked.
After assurances from Potter publishers Bloomsbury there was no leak, the site reopened betting, but at prohibitive odds, the BBC said.
The favorite so far has been Hogwarts' headmaster Dumbledore, whose newest odds Wednesday were 1-5.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" will be unveiled at Edinburgh Castle July 16.
