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Published 10:57 3 Jan 2019 GMT
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"We will see China develop a major darts involvement and there's a lot of people in China.
"There's a lot of money in China. We are seeing India, Pakistan, Bangladesh picking up darts. We are not a UK sport, we are a global sport and as such we are looking at expanding into north America, to south America, we've opened a small office in China.
"I don't see any reason at all why darts shouldn't be the same size as professional golf."
The increase in prize money (£500,000 for PDC world champion Michael van Gerwen and £250,000 for runner-up Michael Smith this year) has inspired players to take the sport more seriously and gone are the days of pints and cigarettes on the stage.
Nowadays, the best of the best spend just as many hours a day honing their craft as any footballer, rugby player or professional fighter and there is no reason why the excitement that follows an opening maximum, massive finish or potential for a nine darter shouldn't translate to a different and significantly larger audience.Football

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