{"id":4864,"date":"2012-01-02T09:31:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T09:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=4864"},"modified":"2016-03-10T20:04:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T20:04:15","slug":"is-darts-the-new-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2012\/01\/02\/is-darts-the-new-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Darts the new Tennis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some great matches again at the PDC world darts championship this week. Dramatic comebacks from impossible positions, turnarounds, low odds turned over, high odds coming in, big matched bet turnover. Darts certainly has the characteristics of a great trading market. It&#8217;s popularity is picking up now as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Its scoring and &#8216;feel&#8217; is similar to Tennis, you also have familiar concepts such as a break of throw \/ serve. But a big advantage of Darts is that the games are finite and occur over a much faster time period. This give Darts the edge in terms of suitability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The PDC championships and about to come to an end but the BDO&#8217;s are about to start up. 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