Darts Betting Rules

If you’ve always wanted to bet on darts, but you’ve been put off by what each odds market means, don’t worry. Below we’ve explained all of the main darts odds markets for you so you can place a bet with confidence. Keep reading to get the ins and outs of the most popular odds markets available in darts.

Tournament bets are bets that are placed before a tournament begins. Most bookies will let you place these bets whilst the tournament is taking place, however, be aware that odds won’t be as valuable than they would be if you place the same bet before the tournament begins.

Outright Tournament Winner

With this bet, you are betting on which player you think will win the tournament.

Example bet: Luke Littler to win the PDC World Championship  – 5.5

Outright Tournament Winner (Each Way)

You are essentially placing two bets with an each way darts bet:

1. You are betting on which player you think will win the tournament

2. You are betting on that same player to place in the top 2 of the tournament

Example bet: Luke Humphries to win the PDC World Championship (E/W) – 5.0 win, 3.0 place

Most 180s (Tournament or League) 

You are betting on the player you think will hit the most 180s over the whole tournament.

Example bet: Luke Humphries to hit Most 180s in Premier League Darts Week 1 – 4.0

Total 180s (Tournament or League)

This bet is an Over/Under bet predicting the total amount of 180s hit by all players in a league or tournament.

Example bet: Over 39.5 180s hit in Premier League Darts Week 1 – 1.91

To Finish Top/Bottom (Tournament or League) 

With this bet you are predicting which player you think will finish top or bottom of the tournament or league, respectively.

Example bet: Michael Smith to finish at the top of the Premier League Darts table – 15.0

Nationality of Winner  

You’re betting on what nationality you think the winner of the tournament or league will be.

Example bet: Winner of Premier League Darts to be Welsh – 11.0

Number of Wins/180s 

This bet is a prediction of how many wins or 180s you think a certain player will have in a league or tournament, usually as an Over/Under bet.

Example bet: Luke Humphries to hit over 3.5 180s in Night 7 of Premier League Darts – 2.2

Wins/180s Matchbet 

You’re betting on the player you think will get the most wins or 180s in a tournament or league.

Example bet: Gerwyn Price to hit most 180s in week 7 of Premier League Darts – 5.5

Match betting is exactly what it sounds like. Instead of betting before a tournament, you are betting on individual darts matches within a tournament or league. Below are some of the most popular darts match bets.

Outright Match Winner

You are betting on the player you think will win the match.

Example bet: Luke Humphries to beat Michael Smith – 1.4

Correct Score

This bet is a prediction of the final score in a match.

Example bet: Luke Humphries to beat Peter Wright 6-1 – 6.0

Handicap Betting

With a handicap bet, you are backing a player to win after the handicap values (positive or negative) have been applied.

Example bet: Luke Humphries to beat Peter Wright with -2.5 leg handicap – 1.73

Double Result

This bet is in two parts. Firstly, it’s backing the result after a certain number of legs. Secondly, it’s backing the final result of the match.

Example bet: Peter Wright to be winning after 4 legs, Luke Humphries to win match overall – 12.0

Winner Over X Legs

This is a bet on who you think will be winning the match over a certain number of legs.

Example bet: Luke Humphries to be winning after 4 legs – 1.8

Correct Score X Legs

You’re betting on the exact score after a certain number of legs.

Example bet: Luke Humphries to be leading 3-1 after 4 legs – 2.4

Player Average

This Over/Under bet is a prediction of how high or low you think a player’s 3 dart average will be during a match.

Example bet: Peter Wright to have a 3-dart average of 94.5 or more – 1.8

Highest Player Average

You’re betting on who you think will have the highest 3-dart average in the match.

Example bet: Nathan Aspinall to have highest 3-dart average against Rob Cross – 2.1

Most 180s

This is a bet on who you think will hit the most 180s in a darts match.

Example bet: Luke Littler to hit more 180s than Michael Smith – 1.83

Highest Checkout

This bet is predicting which player will have the highest checkout score in a darts match.

Example bet: Michael van Gerwen to have highest checkout score against Gerwyn Price – 1.8

First/Last/Next 180

In this bet you are backing which player will hit either the first, last or next 180 in a darts match.

Example bet: Michael van Gerwen to hit the first 180 – 2

170 Checkout

You’re betting on whether you think a 170 checkout (treble 20, treble 20, bull) will be achieved in a darts match.

Example bet: 170 checkout to be hit in Michael van Gerwen vs Gerwyn Price match – 9

9 Dart Finish

This is a bet on whether you think a 9 dart finish will be achieved by either player during a darts match.

Example bet: 9 dart finish to be hit in Luke Littler vs Michael Smith match – 21

Match Double

In a match double, you are betting on who you think will win the match AND who will hit the most 180s OR will have the highest checkout.

Example bet: Luke Littler to win match and Michael Smith to hit most 180s – 4.5

Match Treble

In a match treble, you are betting on who you think will win the match AND who will hit the most 180s AND who will have the highest checkout.

Example bet: Luke Littler to win match, Michael Smith to hit most 180s and have highest checkout – 8.5

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