Great British Bake Off bets stopped by Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes has actually stopped banking on BBC show the Great British Bake Off after a flurry of wagers triggered fears the winner's name may have been leaked.

"A run of bets" was put for one candidate, many at stores in the Ipswich location, the bookie stated.
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It is not understood which baker prompted the flurry or whether any contestants have connections with the Suffolk town.

The very first episode of the popular amateur baking contest aired on BBC One Wednesday night.
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It is the sixth series of the show, which challenges 12 hopefuls to impress judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
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Weekly the amateur bakers are expected to deal with a baking difficulty, with very little instructions, and provide a "signature meal".
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'Soggy bottom'

The bookmaker stated a flurry of bets came in for among the 12 contestants whose odds started at 12/1 and were reduced to 6/1, 3/1 and after that evens.

"We provided costs on Monday and, practically before the ink was dry, an uncommon variety of punters remained in a rush to back only one participant," David Williams of Ladbrokes stated.

"On Tuesday and Wednesday it was more of the same one-way traffic. That sufficed to set our alarm bells sounding and, as a preventative measure, we suspended our wagering.

"Hopefully, we'll go back up with modified odds quicker instead of later, however we didn't wish to get caught with our trousers took 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.
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"When you see a run of bets like this promotion code for one candidate at the expenditure of everybody else that can be an indication to suspend wagering for a bit to examine the situation," he added.

Several of the bets positioned were the optimum the bookmaker would consider wagers made on the show's result, and 90% were put on one entrant.
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The suspension would not impact bets currently placed, the company said.

The very first participant to be knocked out of the competitors on Wednesday evening was Stuart Henshall from Surrey.

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