Great British Bake Off bets stopped by Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes has actually halted wagering on BBC show the Great British Bake Off after a flurry of wagers sparked fears the winner's name might have been leaked.

"A run of bets" was put for one contestant, many at shops in the Ipswich area, the bookmaker said.

It is not understood which baker triggered the flurry or whether any entrants have connections with the Suffolk town.

The very first episode of the popular amateur baking contest aired on BBC One Wednesday evening.
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It is the sixth series of the program, which challenges 12 hopefuls to impress judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.

Weekly the amateur bakers are anticipated to deal with a baking challenge, with minimal instructions, and present a "signature dish".

'Soggy bottom'

The a flurry of bets came in for one of the 12 participants whose chances began at 12/1 and were lowered to 6/1, 3/1 and then evens.
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"We used rates on Monday and, nearly before the ink was dry, an uncommon variety of punters were in a rush to back just one candidate," David Williams of Ladbrokes said.
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"On Tuesday and Wednesday it was more of the same one-way traffic. That was enough to set our alarm bells calling and, as a preventative measure, we suspended our betting.
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"Hopefully, we'll return up with revised odds faster rather than later, however we didn't wish to get captured with our pants took down and a soggy bottom, so we've chosen to take a breather up until we are assured that Bake Off hasn't gone off currently.
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"When you see a run of bets like this promotion code for one contestant at the expenditure of everyone else that can be a sign to suspend wagering for a bit to examine the yohaig code situation," he included.

Several of the bets placed were the optimum the bookie would take for wagers made on the program's result, and 90% were placed on one contestant.
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The suspension would not affect bets already positioned, the business stated.

The very first contestant to be knocked out of the competition on Wednesday night was Stuart Henshall from Surrey.

The 11 remaining entrants are from Berkshire, Lancashire, Cambridgeshire, London, West Yorkshire, Manchester, Essex, Swansea and 2 from Perthshire.

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