Great British Bake Off bets stopped by Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes has on BBC reveal the Great British Bake Off after a flurry of wagers stimulated worries the winner's name may have been dripped.

"A run of bets" was placed for one candidate, many at stores in the Ipswich location, the bookmaker said.
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It is not known which baker triggered the flurry or whether any participants have connections with the Suffolk town.
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the yohaig code first episode of the popular amateur baking contest aired on BBC One Wednesday evening.

It is the 6th series of the program, which challenges 12 hopefuls to impress judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
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Weekly the amateur bakers are anticipated to take on a baking difficulty, with minimal directions, and provide a "signature meal".

'Soggy bottom'
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The bookmaker said a flurry of bets came in for one of the 12 entrants whose odds started at 12/1 and were lowered to 6/1, 3/1 and then evens.

"We used rates on Monday and, nearly before the ink was dry, an unusual variety of punters remained in a rush to back only one contestant," David Williams of Ladbrokes stated.
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"On Tuesday and Wednesday it was more of the exact same one-way traffic. That was enough to set our alarm bells calling and, as a precaution, we suspended our wagering.
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"Hopefully, we'll return up with modified chances faster rather than later on, but we didn't want to get caught with our pants took down and a soggy bottom, so we have actually decided to kick back up until we are assured that Bake Off hasn't gone off already.
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"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 wagering for a bit to assess the yohaig code circumstance," he added.

Several of the bets positioned were the yohaig code optimum the bookie would take for wagers made on the program's outcome, and 90% were placed on one participant.

The suspension would not affect bets currently put, the business stated.

The very first contestant to be knocked out of the competitors on Wednesday night was Stuart Henshall from Surrey.
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The 11 staying contestants are from Berkshire, Lancashire, Cambridgeshire, London, West Yorkshire, Manchester, Essex, Swansea and two from Perthshire.
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