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My wife dragged me into town to do the Christmas shopping yesterday. And when I say dragged, I mean I left marks all the way to the front door where I tried dig my fingernails into the laminated floorboards! You see, I’ve learned over the years that shopping and me aren’t compatible. I just can’t come up with an intelligent answer when asked if Auntie Edith would like a chunky cardigan or whether Grandad would appreciate a box set of Jackie Chan DVDs. I’ve decided it’s not my fault, it’s simply part of my genetic make-up. The experience did, however, prompt me to consider, on the trudge back to the car through the gathering gloom, that buying gifts for me is like betting on certain events for some people. I freely admit I know nothing of the wool-wearing or martial arts preference of near relations and certainly wouldn’t wager money on being correct in my assumptions why, then, do some folk let common sense fly out the window when it comes to wagering? So, when someone brings darts into the conversation and your first thought is of the Seventies be-bop band who had a hit with ‘Duke of Earl’, or with the pleats of a skirt, you probably shouldn’t be having a bet on the PDC World Darts Championship which gets under way at Alexandra Palace this week. Those of you, of course, who know that, in this case, ‘Barney’ doesn’t refer to Fred Flintstone’s best pal but world number two Raymond Van Barneveld will also know that Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor, bidding for his 13th PDC crown, is virtually unbackable at a best 2-5 with boylesports and Stan James, though probably still a better investment than sticking a large wad of cash in a savings account nowadays. More interesting, however, is skybet’s 12-5 about Mervyn King winning his quarter of the draw. King does have to get past 2008 champion John Part in his section of the draw but has an impressive pedigree in televised events and reached the last four of this competition 12 months ago. A finalist in this year’s Premier League, in which he took Taylor’s notable scalp, ‘The King’  is a rather apt choice to do well in this festive event.