Gary Anderson vs Damon Heta (World Grand Prix) Odds and Bets 29.09.2026

The Grand Prix always has a few clashes between veterans that evoke a sense of nostalgia, and this is one of them. Anderson, aged 55 and with two World Championships under his belt, takes on Heta, who is keen to put the worst spell of his season behind him. It isn’t the most high-profile tie of the round, but it could well be one of the most entertaining. Two players who, when on form, hit the double better than almost anyone else on the circuit – something that, in this particular tournament, is worth its weight in gold.

The Scot has had a strange year. He has admitted in several interviews that he isn’t entirely sure how much longer he wants to continue competing at the highest level, and that uncertainty is sometimes evident on the floor. But when he’s on form, he’s still Anderson. In July, at the World Matchplay, he thrashed Ryan Joyce 10-2 with an average of 109.96, the eighth-highest in the tournament’s history (behind some impressive finishes of 144 and 141). “There are days when you throw with your eyes closed and get everything right,” he explained afterwards, aware that such form doesn’t come around every week, but also that it’s still there when his body responds.

Heta, for his part, has recently admitted openly that 2026 has not gone as he had hoped: he failed to reach the quarter-finals in any of the first four majors of the year. His double-header in Oceania in August did not quite put things right either, although he did show signs of improvement. At the New Zealand Darts Masters, he lost in the quarter-finals to Gerwyn Price (6-2), and at the Australian Darts Masters, playing on home soil, he once again fell just short of the semi-finals after losing to Jonny Clayton (6-3). In both tournaments, however, he reached that stage with convincing first-round victories, and the Australian himself left Wollongong with an almost optimistic message: if the year has been a bad one and he has still qualified for the World Matchplay, then it hasn’t been all that bad.

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Anderson to win

11/25

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Therein lies the key to the match. The format of this tournament, with a compulsory double to open and close each leg, shows no mercy to anyone who fails to hit the outer ring with precision, and Heta has for months been relying more on sporadic runs of form than on solid consistency. Anderson, with his experience under intense pressure and that recent peak in form at Blackpool, starts with a slight edge to win in a short, decisive set, although the inconsistency of both players in 2026 leaves the result more open than their track records suggest. Nevertheless, given the trends and results so far this year, we’re going with a win for Anderson at 1.44 on BetVictor bookmaker as our base bet. For a higher-risk option, we’re choosing the -1.5 handicap for the Scot at 2.37.