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Great British Bake off Bets Halted By Ladbrokes

Great British Bake Off bets halted by Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes has actually halted wagering on BBC reveal the Great British Bake Off after a flurry of wagers triggered worries the winner’s name may have been leaked.

“A run of bets” was placed for one candidate, many at shops in the Ipswich location, the bookmaker stated.

It is not understood which baker prompted the flurry or whether any participants 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 program, which challenges 12 hopefuls to impress judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.

Weekly the amateur bakers are anticipated to deal with a baking obstacle, with minimal instructions, and present a “signature dish”.

‘Soggy bottom’

The bookmaker said a flurry of bets came in for one of the 12 candidates whose odds began at 12/1 and were minimized to 6/1, 3/1 and after that evens.

“We offered costs on Monday and, almost before the ink was dry, an uncommon number of punters were in a rush to back only one contestant,” David Williams of Ladbrokes stated.

“On Tuesday and Wednesday it was more of the exact same one-way traffic. That sufficed to set our alarm bells calling and, as a safety measure, we suspended our betting.

“Hopefully, we’ll go back up with revised odds quicker instead of later on, however we didn’t wish to get captured with our trousers took down and a soaked bottom, so we have actually decided to kick back until we are that Bake Off hasn’t gone off already.

“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 evaluate the scenario,” he included.

Several of the bets put were the maximum the bookmaker would take for wagers made on the program’s result, and 90% were put on one candidate.

The suspension would not affect bets currently positioned, the company said.

The very first entrant to be knocked out of the competitors 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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