The Success of Online Darts

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Darts is very unique, Its one of the few sports which despite lockdown can be played at a competitive non virtual level. As soon as we went into lockdown due to this awful pandemic, numerous events were created and featuring a whole host of players of different abilities. Nakka exploded with loads of players wanting a game, Newspapers reported boom sales of darts boards (Winmau is the best board). It was only a matter of time before the PDC and other promotions decided to create their own events. PDC trialled "Darts from Home" on April 1st, It was a success it provided players with a chance to get some match practise, Betting companies to fill a void of live sport & fans to get their fix of darts.

In a weird way, Darts action never left. Modus launched an event which featured a majority of players who were without a PDC Tourcard a chance for daily action, And its has improved its product with viewers now able to see the split screen instead of watching 2 darts boards. Remote Darts League 1 was a massive success with 10 players (Vast majority of whom reached major TV finals) providing PL style action, PDC Home Tour was also launched for all tour card holders (Some of which for their own reasons didn't enter) Provided some shocks with Gerwyn Price & Peter Wright being eliminated in the opening stages. For the non-streamed events there was a "Online World Darts Championship" created by Josef Bata, featuring over 1000 players from PDC Tour Card holders to players from emerging darts nations such as Mongolia & Iran. There has been some scandals of cheating in another online comp.

When Darts returns & we are near to normality. Online Darts will still have a place, It may not feature the big guns but there could be new names emerging.

But as much as this has been good, There is nothing which beats the real thing and we hope this returns very soon.








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