Kate Middleton Pregnancy Rumors Riled British Gamblers Up!

News has been going round, about Kate Middleton's 2nd pregnancy, over the past week, various gossipy outlets have hypothesized that Prince George—who turns one on Tuesday—might soon have a younger sibling joining him in Kensington Palace. Their cited source? Kate's “friend” Jessica Hay, who had allegedly told an Australian newspaper that she had heard the news from “several different friends of theirs” and there would be an “official announcement in weeks.” 

The story got a bit of pickup, before Entertainment Tonight Canada inquired and Kensington Palace said Kate has not spoken to this Jessica Hay in “years,” casting doubt, obviously, on the entire report.

But, due in part to these rumors, two London bookmakers have decided to now close bets on Kate’s potential pregnancy, due to rampant activity. On Monday, one of these firms, Coral, stopped all bets on Kate announcing a pregnancy by the end of July. "When bets come in at once late in the evening, it sets alarm bells off," a Coral representative told People. "It's been quiet and then all of a sudden, a week before Prince George's birthday, this happened. The bets sealed our opinion that someone knows something we don't."