With a small overlap, the PDC World Championship ended last night while the BDO Lakeside World Championship began on Saturday. It’s always a shame when a sport divides itself into two or more separate worlds. Boxing did this a few years ago and lost many a casual boxing betting fan who no longer knew who was fighting for what, challenging who or was, in fact, the actual World Champ when another faction was claiming that it was their top man who was the real one. Thankfully, with boxing, all contenders compete in the end and a champion finally emerges from the confusion.

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It’s edging closer to that time of year when the famous Lakeside resort, for 9 days in January, hosts the 2009 Darts World Championship. The prize money for the eventual winner of the Men’s tournament has been increased to a whopping £95,000. As usual the atmosphere will be electric for BDO’s premier competition with ticket allocations for all 9 days of play virtually snapped up.

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