Darts- More to it than what meets the eye

To the non-darts fan, it might be a little hard to understand what the fuss is all about.  It seems to be a group of mostly overweight men throwing darts from a short distance time and time again until someone wins.
But there’s a lot more to the game than that and for starters the levels of concentration required to play at pro level are huge. It’s also a sport of huge skill with one centimeter here and there often being the difference between losing and winning a game. To manage to nail a double 20 under huge pressure from a loud crowd, not to mention yourself, requires guts and endless hours of practice. It’s also worth mentioning that it gets unbelievably hot at the oche (where you throw the darts from) from the camera lights and big crowds meaning darts players are actually considerably fitter than they might look.
One of the things that appeals to those who like to bet on darts at Betsson is the fast turnaround. A leg of darts can take as little as two or three minutes to complete, considerably less than say frame of snooker. On Betsson you can bet on who will win each leg in Live betting. But you can also look forward to lots of other appealing markets, such as who will win the match, what the correct score will be, handicaps and who will throw the most 180s. 
With more sponsors and TV money thrown into the sport in recent years, it’s now big business. In the men’s game, it’s divided into the PDC and the BDO, two rival organisations, with the PDC boasting more star players and bigger prizemoney. The PDC World Championship has prize money in excess of 350,000 GBP and in recent years has been dominated by Michael van Gerwen of Netherlands and Gary Anderson of Scotland who each won twice between 2014-17. But they’ve still got a long way to go to catch the great Phil Taylor, who won the World Championship on 16 occasions. Taylor has won over 200 professional tournaments in his career.