Great British Bake off Bets Halted By Ladbrokes
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Great British Bake Off bets halted by Ladbrokes
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Ladbrokes has actually halted banking on BBC reveal the Great British Bake Off after a flurry of wagers triggered fears the winner's name may have been leaked.
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"A run of bets" was positioned for one participant, numerous at stores in the Ipswich location, the bookmaker said.
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 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 expected to take on a baking challenge, with very little instructions, and present a "signature meal".
'Soggy bottom'
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The bookie stated a flurry of bets came in for one of the 12 participants whose chances began at 12/1 and were minimized to 6/1, 3/1 and then evens.
"We provided costs on Monday and, almost before the ink was dry, an unusual number of punters were in a rush to back only one entrant," David Williams of Ladbrokes said.
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"On Tuesday and Wednesday it was more of the very same one-way traffic. That sufficed to set our alarm bells ringing and, as a preventative measure, we suspended our betting.
"Hopefully, we'll go back up with modified chances earlier instead of later, but we didn't wish to get captured with our trousers pulled down and a soggy bottom, so we have actually decided to take a breather till we are reassured that Bake Off hasn't gone off already.
"When you see a run of bets like this promotion code for one entrant at the expenditure of everyone else that can be an indication to suspend wagering for a bit to examine the circumstance," he added.
Several of the bets positioned were the optimum the bookie would consider wagers made on the yohaig code show's outcome, and 90% were positioned on one candidate.
The suspension would not affect bets already put, the company stated.
the yohaig code very first contestant to be knocked out of the on Wednesday evening was Stuart Henshall from Surrey.
The 11 remaining candidates are from Berkshire, Lancashire, Cambridgeshire, London, West Yorkshire, Manchester, Essex, Swansea and 2 from Perthshire.
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