Great British Bake Off bets halted by Ladbrokes
Ladbrokes has stopped banking on BBC show the Great British Bake Off after a flurry of wagers triggered worries the winner's name might have been leaked.
"A run of bets" was positioned for one entrant, lots of at shops in the Ipswich area, the bookmaker said.
It is not known which baker triggered the flurry or whether any candidates have connections with the Suffolk town.
The very first episode of the popular amateur baking contest aired on BBC One Wednesday night.
It is the sixth series of the show, which challenges 12 hopefuls to impress judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
Each week the amateur bakers are anticipated to take on a baking challenge, with minimal guidelines, and present a "signature meal".
'Soggy bottom'
the yohaig code bookmaker said a flurry of bets came in for one of the 12 entrants whose chances began at 12/1 and were decreased to 6/1, 3/1 and after that evens.
"We provided costs on Monday and, nearly before the ink was dry, an unusual variety of punters remained in a rush to back just one entrant," David Williams of Ladbrokes said.
"On Tuesday and Wednesday it was more of the very same one-way traffic. That was enough to set our alarm bells ringing and, as a precaution, we suspended our betting.
"Hopefully, we'll go back up with modified chances faster rather than later on, however we didn't desire to get captured with our pants pulled down and a soaked bottom, so we have actually decided to kick back up until we are assured that Bake Off hasn't gone off currently.
"When you see a run of bets like this promotion code for one participant at the expenditure of everyone else that can be a sign to suspend betting for a bit to examine the scenario," he included.
Several of the bets positioned were the optimum the bookmaker would take for wagers made on the show's outcome, and 90% were put on one contestant.
The suspension would not affect bets already positioned, the business stated.
The very first contestant to be knocked out of the yohaig code competitors on Wednesday evening was Stuart Henshall from Surrey.
The 11 staying candidates are from Berkshire, Lancashire, Cambridgeshire, London, West Yorkshire, Manchester, Essex, Swansea and 2 from Perthshire.
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