PDC Bid To Take Over BDO
On 21 October 2009, Barry Hearn made a bid of £1 million to purchase the BDO. It was the first time that a formal offer had been made public to end the 17-year split between the two organisations. However, later in the day, BDO founder Olly Croft rejected the proposal. A few months after the takeover offer and in the aftermath of the two organisations' 2010 World Championships, it was revealed and understood that the county organisations had asked the BDO board to consider the offer more seriously.
Almost two years later, Croft was voted off the BDO board at their 2011 AGM ending 38 years as the main figurehead of the Organisation.
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