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The World Professional Darts Championships have been staged and promoted by the British Darts Organisation since 1978 and Lakeside Country Club (established in 1972) has been the host venue since 1986, and the main title sponsor since 2004.

It is staged annually, starting the first Saturday of the year and runs for 10 days.

The annual championships attract a live audience of millions of television viewers in Britain, Europe and around the globe who watched it via BBC TV Sport and its world partners.

Collectively, the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships are seen by the largest TV audience for darts anywhere in the world. Darts icon