Great British Bake off Bets Halted By Ladbrokes

Great British Bake Off bets stopped by Ladbrokes

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

"A run of bets" was put for one entrant, numerous at shops in the Ipswich location, the bookie stated.

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 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 tackle a baking difficulty, with very little guidelines, and provide a "signature dish".

'Soggy bottom'

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

"We used prices on Monday and, almost before the ink was dry, an unusual variety of punters remained in a rush to back only one candidate," David Williams of Ladbrokes stated.

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

"Hopefully, we'll go back up with revised odds quicker instead of later, but we didn't want to get captured with our trousers pulled down and a soggy bottom, so we've chosen to kick back until we are reassured that Bake Off hasn't gone off currently.

"When you see a run of bets like this promotion code for one candidate at the expenditure of everyone else that can be a sign to suspend betting for a bit to evaluate the circumstance," he added.

Several of the bets placed were the optimum the bookmaker would take for wagers made on the show's result, and 90% were put on one contestant.