Darts Sportsbooks
Darts Betting Sportsbooks
Two major darts organizations host matches around the UK for professional and semi-professional darts players. The PDC is the primary professional darts organization sponsoring the Premier League of Darts. The PDC has matches for the World Championships during the Christmas holidays. The BDO is a semi-professional darts organization with matches covered by BBC reporting. The BDO Championships play in January. Top darts sportsbooks have a variety of matches and bet types for darts enthusiasts following both leagues.
Betting on Darts
Aside from PDC favorite Phil Taylor, outright win bets are the most common. Bets on Taylor continue to available, but pay at lesser odds since he leads almost every match. Betting on BDO matches is a more even betting field in the outright win category. During match betting in early tournament heats, using accumulators to bet on several match favorites is a recommended darts betting strategy at top darts sportsbooks. Some darts sportsbooks also offer handicapped betting on either way match ups when players are strongly mismatched in skill.
Among the top straight bets and props bets at darts sportsbooks are the following:
- match winner
- outright wins without Taylor
- top four finishers
- to finish bottom
- Taylor versus the Field
- Taylor to lose a match
- nine dart finish
- individual player to qualify
- futures on 2011 World Championship winner
Top Darts Sportsbooks
The top darts sportsbooks offer match betting for each darts event. These match bets can be placed as outright wins or player against player match ups. Having the option of live darts betting can make a darts sportsbook one of the top choices for bettors on this less popular sport. Props and specialty bets or betting types that give patrons odds on players besides Phil Taylor also make popular darts sportsbooks.