All eyes are as always on Phil Taylor who remains the favourite for the Premier League despite the fact he is showing signs of slipping below his very best, the Power did not have a good World Championship but he is still as short as 7/4 with Bet365 to win the tournament. Taylor as we know is the greatest player ever to pick up a dart but he is not the invincible force he used to be and there has to be better value elsewhere this season.  Adrian Lewis has won the world championship for the last two years and the ‘Jackpot’ has to be given serious consideration here, Lewis is available at 4/1 with Bet365 to add the Premier League title to his CV.

Such is the format of the Premier League that any of the eight players can go on to win the title which makes it a fascinating betting prospect for punters. One that we like is Simon Whitlock of Australia who is a terrific match player on his day and should be able to make it through to the play-offs, the ‘Wizard can be backed at a good looking 7/1 with Bet365 to claim his first Premier League title in 2012. The new season will run for a number of weeks across the UK and Ireland and the Premier League really is the biggest event in the sport in terms of the number of people the game is reaching and from a betting point of view it looks set to be a cracking year.

Premier League Darts Betting 2012 with Bet365

• 7/4 – Phil Taylor
• 4/1 – Adrian Lewis
• 4/1 – Gary Anderson
• 7/1 – James Wade
• 7/1 – Simon Whitlock
• 18/1 – Kevin Painter
• 20/1 – Raymond Van Barnveld
• 25/1 – Andy Hamilton

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Taylor looks to be coming back to his very best form if his showing at the Grand Slam of Darts is anything to go by, he strolled through the tournament before demolishing Gary Anderson in the final and looked in ominous shape ahead of the world Championships. At the moment the bookmakers cant see past Taylor with Ladbrokes making him the 10/11 favourite at this stage to claim the victory in what is looking like a strong and competitive field. Adrian Lewis will go in as the defending champion after he beat Taylor in the process and Taylor will know that he will need to improve if he is to regain his title.

Another pretender to Taylor’s throne this year is the excellent James Wade who has been in and around the top five for a number of years now and will be looking to make the big breakthrough at Alexandra Palace this season. Wade has proven he can beat the best when he is in form but he has found it tough to string the performances together against the really top names at the World Championships. Wade could prove to be a bit of value in the betting at this stage and can be backed at 10/1 with Ladbrokes to claim his first world title. The PDC World Championships have gone from strength-to-strength over the past few years and Phil Taylor must take his fair share of credit for that, he is no longer the dominant force he used to be but he has shown that when he as it his best he is impossible to live with.

PDC World Darts Championships Betting 2012 with Ladbrokes

• 10/11 – Phil Taylor
• 6/1 – Gary Anderson
• 8/1 – Adrian Lewis
• 10/1 – James Wade
• 20/1 – Raymond Van Barneveld
• 20/1 – Simon Whitlock
• 25/1 – Mark Webster
• 33/1 – Paul Nicholson
• 33/1 – Wes Newton
• 50/1 – Mervyn King
• Bar

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Phil Taylor is the bookies favourite to win this tournament for the third year in succession and his 14th win of the title. In the 17 years of the competition it has only been won by four players, joining Taylor are John Part from Canada who has won twice, Raymond van Barneveld from Holland has won on one occasion and England’s Dennis Priestley won the inaugural event in 1994.

PDC World Darts Championship outright odds

The most likely candidates to be the winner of the 2010/11 PDC Darts World Championship according to Boylesports.

• 4/6 – Phil Taylor
• 15/2 – James Wade
• 12/1 – Raymond Van Barneveld
• 14/1 – Simon Whitlock
• 16/1 – Gary Anderson
• 28/1 – Adrian Lewis
• 33/1 – Mark Webster
• 33/1 – Mervyn King
• 45/1 – Terry Jenkins

Bookmakers Boylesports are giving punters two early Christmas presents in the form of cash back offers.

The first offer is if you place a bet on the outright winner of PDC World Championship and in the final Phil Taylor beats Raymond Barneveld in a repeat of the 2009 final, then your losing bet will be refunded back into your account. The second offer is available on any individual match, if there is a maximum checkout of 170 then Boylesports will refund all of the losing single bets that have been placed.

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Boylesports are running a cash back offer on the following games.  If any player goes on to record a maximum finish of 170 but then goes on to lose his game they will refund all losing match bets made on that player.

• Lewis v Van Barneveld
• Jenkins v Whitlock
• Taylor v Baxter
• Wade v King

Premier League Outright Winner
It looks like it will be another notch on his belt for Phil “The Power” Taylor

• 4/11 – Phil Taylor
• 9/1 – Raymond Barneveld
• 10/1 – James Wade
• 12/1 – Mervyn King
• 16/1 – Simon Whitlock
• 20/1 – Adrian Lewis
• 28/1 – Terry Jenkins
• 66/1 – Ronnie Baxter

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The bookies Boylesports are running another one of their cash back offers. If the legend that is Phil Taylor throws a perfect 9 dart finish at any point during the tournament and then goes on to win the tournament then they will refund all losing single bets placed on the outright markets for you to use again as a free bet.

PDC World Championship 2009/10 Outright Winner

• 2/5 – Phil Taylor
• 9/1 – James Wade
• 12/1 – Raymond Barneveld
• 16/1 – Gary Anderson
• 33/1 – Mervyn King
• 40/1 – Adrian Lewis
• 45/1 – Andy Hamilton
• 45/1 – Terry Jenkins
• 66/1 – Mark Walsh
• 70/1 – Colin Osborne
• 70/1 – Robert Thornton
• 70/1 - Simon Whitlock

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The Desert Classic will be made up of the PDC’s (Professional Darts Corporation) top 16 and the four North Americans who have pre-qualified for the Desert Classic’s televised stages the rest of the field is made up from those that have qualified from the qualifiers on Sunday and Monday.

Phil Taylor will be looking to keep his title in this competition, since the events inception in 2002 he has gone on to win the tournament on four occasions; his closest rival is Raymond van Barneveld who was runner up in 2006 and a winner in 2007.

Boylesports will refund ALL of the losing single bets on any match when there is a maximum 170 finish thrown .

Las Vegas Desert Classic Outright Odds

• Phil Taylor – 4/6
• James Wade – 7/1
• Gary Andersen – 12/1
• Raymon van Barneveld – 12/1
• Colin Osborne – 25/1
• Mark Walsh – 25/1
• Mervyn King – 28/1
• Adrian Lewis – 33/1
• Simon Whitlock – 33/1
• Terry Jenkins – 40/1
• Andy Hamilton – 50/1
• Alan Tabern – 50/1
• Co Stompe – 50/1
• John Part – 66/1
• Kevin Painter – 50/1
• Ronnie Baxter – 50/1
• Colin Lloyd – 66/1
• Jelle Klaasen – 66/1
• Vincent van der Voort – 66/1
• Jamie Caven – 66/1
• Dennis Priestley – 100/1
• Peter Manley – 100/1
• Wayne Mardle – 100/1
• Wes Newton – 175/1
• Colin Monk – 250/1
• Darin Young – 250/1
• Louis Blundell – 250/1
• Peter Wright – 250/1
• Bill Davis – 400/1
• Chris White – 400/1
• Philip Hazell – 400/1
• Scott Burnett – 400/1

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• Wayne Mardle v Mervyn King
• Terry Jenkins v Jelle Klaasen
• John Part v James Wade
• Phil Taylor v Raymond van Barneveld

William Hill have a great free bet offer if you place a single bet of £10 or more on the correct score on one of the first three Premier League Darts matches then you will receive a £5 free bet on the correct score in the following games, (Only a single bet of at least £10 on the correct score on any of Mardle v King, Jenkins v Klaasen or Part v Wade will qualify).

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Click here to claim your £200 in free bets from Boylesports have several cash back offers on this tournament and the first is on the outright winner. If Phil Taylor wins the tournament and throws a 9 dart to finish then they will refund all losing bets on the market.  Second place will be determined by losing finalist.

Premier League Darts Outright Winner

• 4/9 – Phil Taylor
• 9/2 – Raymond Barneveld
• 10/1 – James Wade
• 22/1 – Mervyn King
• 25/1 – Jelle Klaasen
• 28/1 – Terry Jenkins
• 40/1 – John Part
• 50/1 – Wayne Mardle

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The second offer from Boylesports is who will score the most 180′s during this stage of the tournament.

Most 180′s Scored

• 13/8 – Raymond Barneveld
• 15/8 – Phil Taylor
• 11/2 – James Wade
• 5/1 – Jelle Klaasen
• 20/1 – Terry Jenkins
• 25/1 – Mervyn King
• 25/1 – John Part
• 80/1 – Wayne Mardle

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The event used to be known as Embassy World Darts Championship and it helped propel the likes of Eric Bristow into a household name after he won the tournament four times.

BDO World Darts Championships Outright Betting

• 11/4 Gary Anderson
• 4/1 Mark Webster
• 6/1 Martin Adams
• 15/2 Simon Whitlock
• 50/1 Garry Thompson
• 80/1 Stephen Bunting
• 200/1 Daryl Gurney

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As well as match betting you can of course go straight for an outright winner, according to Sky Bet the current favourite is of course Phil “The Power” Taylor currently on 8/13 with his closest rival being Barneveld who is placed 13/2. For the rank outsider their is J Barry who is 200/1, well worth a pound of anyones free bet money.

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