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BDO News Release:

CORAL MAKE GARY ANDERSON LAKESIDE FAVOURITE

After a fantastic year, Scotland?s Gary Anderson has been made 9/4 favourite by Lakeside?s official on-site bookmakers Coral to win the 2008 Lakeside World Professional Darts Championship.

He?s the in-form player of 2007, and after wins in both of the Dutch majors – the International Darts League and World Darts Trophy – plus the Scottish Open, BDO British Open and the Northern Ireland Open, he?s fancied ahead of defending champion Martin Adams (11/2), and No.1 Seed Mark Webster (9/1) to lift the most famous trophy in World Darts.

The full betting odds for the 2008 Lakeside World Pro title are:

GARY ANDERSON (SCOT) 9/4
MARTIN ADAMS (ENG) 11/2
MARK WEBSTER (WAL) 9/1
SCOTT WAITES (ENG) 11/1
SIMON WHITLOCK (AUS) 12/1
ROBERT THORNTON (SCOT) 14/1
DARRYL FITTON (ENG) 18/1
GARY ROBSON (ENG) 22/1
TONY O?SHEA (ENG) 25/1
JOHN WALTON (ENG) 25/1
TED HANKEY (ENG) 28/1
NIELS DE RUITER (NETH) 40/1
SHAUN GREATBATCH (ENG) 40/1
MARTIN ATKINS (ENG) 40/1
CO STOMPE (NETH) 40/1
MIKE VEITCH (SCOT) 40/1
TONY DAVID (AUS) 50/1
STEVE FARMER (ENG) 50/1
PHILL NIXON (ENG) 50/1
PAUL HANVIDGE (SCOT) 50/1
MARTIN PHILLIPS (WALES) 66/1
STEVE WEST (ENG) 66/1
EDWIN MAX (NETH) 66/1
DAVY RICHARDSON (ENG) 80/1
REMCO VAN EIJDEN (NETH) 80/1
MARIO ROBBE (NETH) 100/1
BRIAN WOODS (ENG) 100/1
IAN JONES (ENG) 125/1
GLENN MOODY (ENG) 125/1
ANDY BOULTON (ENG) 125/1
CARL MERCER (CAN) 125/1
FABIAN ROOSENBRAND (NETH)150/1

The Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships are organised by the British Darts Organisation and will be played at Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green from Saturday, January 5th to Sunday,January 13th, 2008.

They will be televised by BBC TV for the 31st consecutive year.