Profitable Darts Betting Tips

OnTheOche is a darts tipster service. My name is Richard Anderson and I’ve run the service since day 1. 

I guide you through the darts season, pinpointing what I think are value bets as and when they crop up. I do the research so you don’t have to!

I pride myself on running a honest and reliable service. Odds are recorded at fair and beatable prices. Bets are always sent at the same time each day and well in advance of matches. Bets are only given in markets with good market depth and liquidity (match winner or handicap markets, sometimes 180 bets in the bigger TV tournaments).

Please take a look at our testimonials page for some examples of what our current members say about the service. 

Darts is the perfect betting niche as the markets are large enough to have good liquidity and to be able to get a decent bet on, but not large enough for the bookies to have a full handle on things outside the top 30 – 40 players. 

I started betting on darts 25+ years ago. I was a reasonable standard player back in the 90’s and would often play against the top players of the day in county games and in local open events. In those games I’d often see or play against an up and coming new player who caught the eye and I’d have a small bet on them if/when they made an appearance in a TV event. That was the initial point I got interested in the darts markets and I soon realised there was potential there and have been focusing on betting on darts ever since.

My edge primarily comes from knowing more than the market about lower ranked players or players unfamiliar to most as they are new to the tour or are from overseas.

There is not likely to often be value in a Luke Littler v Luke Humphries match as everyone knows all there is to know about 2 top players like that. However a game featuring (for example) a UK player ranked 80 in the world vs a Japanese player from the Asian Tour is going to be much more difficult for the market to accurately assess and price up. 

The darts markets nowadays are generally based on scoring stats (a bit like football markets are heavily influenced by xG numbers) so some of my edge comes from knowing when those stats may not tell the whole story and shouldn’t be taken too literally.

A combination of diligent research, a comprehensive database of statistics that goes beyond what is publicly available and some contacts in the right places allows me to get ahead of the market.

You can see a few past examples of how we have got the jump on the market and profited from early spotting of overpriced players here

Bets are sent via email and also put up on a password protected members page. 

Bets are almost always sent out at the same regular time – 8.30am on the day of the game.

Occasionally the tournament schedule doesn’t allow that but you’ll be given plenty of warning if that ever is the case. 

You can see an example of the usual email you will receive here

In a calender year there is likely to be around 175 – 200 bets, staking somewhere in the region of 150 – 175pts. 

Virtually all bets will be 0.5pt or 1pt bets.

The recommended bank is 30pts. You can reduce that a bit if you wish depending on your personal risk-reward tolerance.

The darts markets are pretty strong. Virtually all firms price up games and liquidity on the exchanges is good, particulalrly for the major TV events. 

There is a drop when bets are sent out, that is obviously unavoidable. But to counter this we never record at the top prices (leaving those for members to pick off and beat the official figures) and we only bet in liquid markets with widespread bookmaker coverage. 

Overall there shouldn’t be any major difficulties in matching, and indeed exceeding, the official figures.

Yes and usually by a good margin, including Pinnacle closing lines.

At last check, the average price we bet at for match bets was 2.65 (official recorded odds). The average closing price of those bets based on the same recording criteria was 2.45.

For solely Pinnacle odds, the average Pinnacle price when the bet was sent out was 2.71. The average closing Pinnacle price of those bets was 2.40.

Subscription prices are:-

• £360 for 12 months membership (£30 per month)
• £210 for 6 months membership (£35 per month)
• £120 for 3 months membership (£40 per month)
• £200 “pay-per-profit” per 10pts profit made 

All prices are guaranteed never to rise for the lifetime of your subscription. If our prices go up in the future, your subscription cost will not rise and will remain at this rate for as long as you remain a member.

Virtually every bookmaker prices up every tournament nowadays so from a practical point of view it is just a case of getting the best odds possible. LIke many niche sports markets, Bet365 are often the firm that set the opening odds of most darts events/matches. Other firms then tend to “take inspiration” from 365 prices and price similarly.

The Oche bets are not sent out until the markets are full and all firms are offering odds so there’s no particular accounts you need, just whoever you can get best price with. 

From a pyschological point of view, darts is by its very nature a game quite literally decided by millimetres. As a result, the difference between a winning and losing bet is often the width of a wire on just 1 dart. The psychological effect of that can sometimes be tough to take. Bad beats and close things are part and parcel of betting on darts, perhaps more so than betting on most other sports. You have to be prepared to grind out times when it feels like everything is against you and you are not getting the rub of the green.

Like any investment there will be good periods and bad periods.  The service has been around for a long time andbeen through all the ups and downs that betting brings in that time. I’ve seen it all and probably more than once! You can be assured that I’m in this for the long term and am constantly seeking new ways to stay ahead of the market. There will be no hiding or panicking after a losing run. No chopping and changing of strategies or reducing/increasing stakes. Everything is done with the long term in mind.