# Dartboard Number Arrangement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dartboard-number-arrangement/75557>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 9, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dartboard-number-arrangement/75557 "2001-08-09T05:02:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![suprafox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@suprafox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suprafox)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dartboard-number-arrangement/75557/1 "2001-08-09T05:02:14Z")

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I can’t seem to figure out how the current configuration of numbers around the face of a dartboard was arrived at. I know it alternates both high-low-high-low and odd-even-odd-even (for purposes of games where an even number of points are required) but I’ve been unable to find anything that details the specific arrangement of numbers. Is it random? Anyone?

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dartboard-number-arrangement/75557/2 "2001-08-09T05:06:34Z")

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Here you go.

[http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/19981026.html](http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/19981026.html)

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**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dartboard-number-arrangement/75557/3 "2001-08-09T15:10:33Z")

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It looks like **don’t ask** has this taken care of, but here is the link to a thread on this same topic that happened a few monthes ago.

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43495](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=43495)