How many legs in a set in darts and how many sets during Premier League Darts

DARTS scoring can appear very intimidating to uninitiated viewers.

Premier League Darts is getting bigger and bigger by the year, but plenty of news fans have been wondering how players win matches and progress.

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Scoring in every leg and set will be different to the World Championship format, but will remain the same for all seven matches across a single night.

With the darts extravaganza set ending on Thursday, May 29, here is how scoring is worked out.

What is a leg in darts and how do players win one during Premier League Darts?

A leg is the way that darts is scored, with all players starting each leg on a score of 501 and have can only when they get down to 0.

However, players must 'checkout' on a double - get themselves down to an even score and then hit the relevant outer ring of the board.

For example, a player might work down to a score of 40 and then checkout on a double 20.

The maximum score during one trip to the oche is 180, which entails players scoring three 'treble' 20s - the inner ring on the board.

The quickest way to win a leg is to hit the famed 'nine-darter' - using just nine darts to get down to 0.

There have only been 99 televised nine-darters ever with only 16 of those coming during Premier League Darts.

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How many legs in a match during Premier League Darts?

The format is quite simple on this one.

Players simply win six legs, and they progress to the next round of the tournament on any given night.

How many sets in a match during Premier League Darts?

Unlike the World Championships, there is only one set per match in Premier League Darts, in a best-of-11 format.

In Premier League Darts, the winner will play three matches, opposed to just one per night in the World Championships, so matches are a bit shorter.

When is Premier League Darts and how can I watch it?

• The tournament starts on Thursday, January 6 with the final on Thursday, May 29.
• The tournament will run every Thursday during that period.
• All the action will take place on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Darts.
• Alternatively, SunSport will have a nightly blog covering all the action LIVE for every day of the tournament.