If you have ever been to a pub, then you are familiar with the game of Darts. This game is played all over the world, and now is even available in your favourite Playtech powered casinos. Playtech has recently released two casino games with the dart game feel and one of them has an impressive progressive jackpot. Darts and Jackpot Darts can be found in the arcade game section of the casino and is very exciting for players looking for a change in pace, and feels like a realistic darts competition.
The Darts game begins with the player placing their bet. There are three ways to wager in the game, and the first bet is whether any of the three darts will hit a certain place on the dart board. The three sections are labeled as single, double or treble and then the inner and outer bull of the board. The second bet is more complicated than the first and is where the player will wager on the dart combination. The player will bet whether the darts will land in a certain combination a number of times between zero and three. The third bet is where the player can bet on the different ranges and if the score of the three darts that are thrown will land within that range.
Player can place their bets using the chip amounts in the corner of the game screen; clicking on the desired area that they would like to bet on. The odds can be displayed by holding a cursor over the bet area, which is convenient for reference. The odds can be shown in either decimal format or fractions and it’s the players’ choice which one they would like to use. Since there are many parts of the world that Playtech casinos cater to, sometimes one method is preferred more than others. Multiple bets can be placed on the betting areas, and the total bet is displayed on the screen.
After the bets are placed the game will start. An animated hand will be used to throw the three darts at the dart board which appears in the middle of the screen. All winning bets are neatly displayed under the results heading and if the player should win they can even gamble their winnings in the optional gamble mode. The gamble mode is similar to the normal game, and all wins can be doubled or lost depending on the outcome of the gamble.
Jackpot Darts, the second dart game available, has a progressive jackpot that grows with each wager made in the game by all players. IF the player bets that all three darts will hit the bull’s eye and they do in fact land in that part of the board, the jackpot is won. If the player does not land all three, the jackpot pays 20x the bet if one dart hits the bull’s-eye 2,000x total bet if two darts hit the bull’s-eye.
