Darts is a very fun game that can be played at home, as well. Especially in England, darts is played in many pubs.
Darts betting become widespread in 1970s, when professional dart started to develop. Darts tournaments were being broadcasted on television after British Darts Organization was established in 1973. More attention has been paid to darts bettings after television channels started to show the games. World Darts Federation (WDF), a more global darts organization was established in 1976. Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is another organization that contributed professional darts to grow. More attention was drawn to professional darts with highly awarded tournaments organized by PDC. Television channels began to show more interest to darts tournaments.
Darts betting get more intense during The WDF World Cup and World Professional Darts Championship, where national teams participate and professional players compete.
There is an interesting story related to the dart betting in the history. In early 1900s in England, law allowed betting on games of talent only. It was forbidden to bet on games of chance. In 1908, a pub owned by Jim Garside in Leeds, England was shut down by law. The legal ground for doing this was betting on games of chance was conducted in the pub. Jim Garside was letting darts bettings to be played in his pub and he made a plan to prove that darts was not a game based on chance but talent. He asked William Anakin, the local champion of Leeds, for help and he invited him to the court as a witness. William Anakin came to the court and hit all the numbers that the judicial committee asked him to do so. He proved that darts was a game of talent. As a consequence, the court allowed Jim Garside to open his pub again.
Nowadays, you can find bets related to major darts tournaments in online bookmakers. You can find short term bets on games as it gets closer to the date of game as well as long term bets in order to predict the champions just before tournaments start.
