WARRINGTON has been labelled the football accumulator jackpot 'hotbed' of the UK, according to Ladbrokes.

Data requested by Bonuscodebets.co.uk revealed the town came top in a list of  locations for the number of football accumulators with payouts of over £5,000 in the UK so far this season.

The biggest winner was a coupon paying £15,345 from just £15, placed at a branch of Ladbrokes in the town centre.

Only one area with a Premier League team made the top 10 in the shape of Southampton, while only four of the top 10 locations have a football league team in their patch.

Celtic, Newcastle, Chelsea and Bolton have been the most popular winning sides in football accumulators this season with Manchester United, Everton and Norwich ranking as the biggest coupon busters.

The report is based on the proportion of winning bets with stakes less than £50 which yielded over £5,000 as opposed to the overall number. 

A Ladbrokes spokesman said: "Football fans in Warrington must be doing their homework.

"Accumulator aficionados there clearly have the magic touch when it comes to big wins, with more big stake coupons cashed in there than in nearly any other part of the country."

TOP 10: Most football accumulator payouts over £5,000 (biggest payout in region) 

1.Warrington (£15,345 from £15)

2.Ellesmere Port (£23,918 from £3)

3.The Rhondda, South Wales (£9,643 from £2)

4.Wolverhampton (£6,018 from 60p)

5.Barnet (£34,387 from £2)

6.Burton-on-Trent (£15,628 from £15)

7.Stockton-on-Tees (£9,968 from £20)

8.Shoreham-by-Sea, East Sussex (£32,450 from £5)

9.Bolton (£12,220 from £2)

10.Southampton (£7,456 from £5)