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
1998 PDC World Darts Championship 1998 PDC World Darts Championship The 1997/1998 Skol World Darts Championship was held between 29 December 1997 and 4 January 1998 at the Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex. Skol, who sponsored the inaugural event in 1994 returned as title sponsors – which they were to fulfil for the next five years. Following an out-of-court settlement (Tomlin Order) on 30 June 1997, the World Darts Council (WDC) agreed to change its name to the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and the tournament was thus the PDC World Darts Championship. John Part, who won the first Embassy/BDO World Championship after the 1992–93 "split"