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With this article, we’re here to help start you off on the right foot and give you the full scoop on darts betting. So, if you’ve got your arrows at the ready and want to leave your opponents in the dust, this is a good place to start. To get a full understanding of how the game works, we first need to take a look at darts’ origins.
While modern day darts was invented in 1896 by a carpenter from Lancashire, the history of darts dates back to the medieval era in the 1300s. Darts began as a pastime in the English military in the first couple of decades of the 14th century. It is said that, in between battles, bored soldiers used to sit in the trenches and compete by throwing sharp objects like spearheads at the bottoms of upturned wine casks.
After a while, soldiers slowly transitioned from wine casks to tree trunks as targets. From there, the game of darts progressively transformed over hundreds of years until its popularity swept over the isle of Britain to the point where English nobility began participating in the 19th century. At this point, though, the game of darts had not yet consolidated nor was it organised. Various scoring systems were being used, and no standard rule set had yet been developed. That is until Brian Gamlin, a carpenter from Lancashire invented the number system we all know in 1896.
The development of the number system was one of the most impactful changes to the game of darts as through it, the game eventually became recognised as a competitive sport.
The National Darts Association formed in 1924 and, because of its massive popularity, darts games started popping up in pubs and breweries across England and Wales by 1930. By 1939, the World Championship saw almost three hundred thousand participants. People’s love for the game only grew over the years. Today, it’s most prestigious tournaments are broadcast all over the world and are very popular within the world of sports betting.
The PDC Premier League is one of the biggest non-ranked events on the darts calendar. It was first launched in 2005 and is played over 16 weeks from February to May, weekly. This tournament originally featured seven players, but now sees 10 of the biggest names in the PDC circuit competing in a double round-robin format.
The World Darts Championship is one of the most prestigious championships in the darts realm. It is held annually by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) at Alexandra Palace in London where a total of 96 players compete in a straight knockout tournament with a total of seven rounds. The tournament stretches over the month of December and ends on New Year’s Day. The World Championship is one of PDC’s most high profile events with the winner receiving the Sid Waddell Trophy.
The UK Open is a major multi-stage darts championship held annually since 2003. It features a total of 166 competitors and a total of eight rounds where the top 32 PDC players enter the tournament at round four. Due to its unique format, the UK Open is considered as one of the hardest PDC tournaments to win. Since 2014, the UK Open has been held at the Butlins resort in Minehead.
The World Series of Darts was a concept used as a way to help grow the game across the world and has proven to be a roaring success. The sport’s popularity has grown immensely in areas where the tour has taken place. The World Series was established in 2013 and features a series of different tournaments ranging anywhere from two to seven events.
While the first steps into darts betting includes knowing where and when to place your bets, understanding what betting options are available to you is just as important. Bets such as Match and Tournament wagers are pretty common among most Sportsbooks, but always bear in mind that not all Sportsbooks offer the same betting selection. Let’s check out a few bets you may come across.
The match winner bet is one of the simplest bets you can place and is highly recommended as a starting point for beginner punters. This bet basically involves picking the winner between two players competing in a game. Easy right? If the outcome results in a tie, it may be a little more complicated, but this is rarely an issue — with the exception of the Premier League where games can finish in a drawn 6-6 scoreline. Otherwise, in most cases it involves picking between two outcomes.
A tournament winner bet is also another straightforward wager to understand. Similar to the match winner bet, the tournament winner involves picking a winner, only this time you must try and predict the winner of the whole tournament. This can be a little tricky since the choice must be made out of all the players participating in the tournament rather than from a single match.
The maximum score a player can obtain with three darts is 180, and is one of the highpoints in a game of darts. For this reason, the most 180’s bet has been pretty popular among punters. A bet like this does require a bit more knowledge about the players participating, so it is advisable to do a little research before placing a bet like this. The most 180’s can also be placed for a single match, or a whole tournament — this is obviously trickier to call.
A correct score bet is generally available for all tournaments held by the PDC. This wager is also one of the more common bets as it is not only featured in darts, but in many other sports as well. Basically, a correct score bet involves calling the exact correct score in a match. This bet may not be as tricky as it seems, depending on the type of tournament. In smaller games, this wager may be easier to call (although still risky), in comparison to larger matches that could extend to a best of 15 — these are naturally much harder to predict. The high payout, though, does reflect this.
In a standard tournament of darts, the player that scores 501 points first wins, provided they finish on a double or the bullseye. There are a few ways to accomplish this, but the fewest darts needed to reach this target is nine. Finishing with nine darts is pretty rare, but this just makes it all the more valuable to Sportsbook punters.
In a typical game of darts, the highest checkout possible is 170 points. This is achieved with a combination of two treble 20’s and a bullseye shot. Like the nine-dart finish, this figure is quite rarely achieved, but this betting option is quite often sought out for. Bettors can place this wager either at a tournament or a single match.
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