1983 BDO World Darts Championship the title. To this day commentators often refer to 138 as the "Deller checkout" if a player is left with that score. The prize fund was £32,300. There was also a 9 Dart Checkout prize of £52,000, along with a High Checkout prize of £750. 1983 BDO World Darts Championship The 1983 Embassy World Darts Championship was staged at Jollees Cabaret Club in Stoke-on-Trent from 1–8 January 1983. The tournament saw one of the World Darts Championship's biggest upsets, when Keith Deller defeated Eric Bristow, by 6 sets to 5 in the final, to become the youngest ever World Darts
1997 BDO World Darts Championship 1997 BDO World Darts Championship The 1997 Embassy World Professional Darts Championship was held from 4–12 January 1997 at the Lakeside Country Club in Frimley Green, Surrey. It was won by Les Wallace, who became the second Scotsman to become World Darts Champion after Jocky Wilson won it twice in 1982 and 1989. Wallace defeated Wales' Marshall James 6-3 in the final. Wallace also became the first left-handed player to win either version of the World Darts Championship. It was also the second time in four years that two unseeded players had reached the Embassy final, and remains the most