Arachnid

On a trip to Ireland Allison had discovered how enjoyable the game of darts could be. With a rough idea of a game, Rudy Allison hired Dick Jones (who is still employed at Arachnid today) to help with the development of the machine. Jones took rough ideas for the board, darts, and scoring mechanics and innovated the basic scheme that Arachnid and it... s many imitators use today. At that time, Jones even drilled the first dartheads by hand! In the beginning, the dart game was not without its struggles, quite frankly the game did not score properly, or at all. That was when Rudy decided to sell the company and Paul F. Beall entered the story. With his vast knowledge of patent law and engineering background, Paul F. Beall forged on. Beall was one of the driving forces that grew the game/sport as it is today. The game hit the market and met with slow acceptance. However, with the addition of Marcio Bonilla and Sam Zammuto to the Arachnid sales team, the product took off. By the mid 80's, Arachnid was flourishing holding seminars to assist distributors and operators in setting up leagues and tournaments. To this day Arachnid still continues its tradition of educating, teaching and training operators on the promotion of darts through leagues and tournaments. Also during this time Arachnid began publishing the ever popular BullShooter Magazine, which is still published today for dart players and dart leagues. Since 1986, Arachnid has run BullShooter Regionals around the United States throughout every dart season. Arachnid also concentrated on marketing internationally and decided to start their own tournament, the world renowned BullShooter World Challenge of Champions Tournament (BullShooter). The first BullShooter took place in Chicago, in May, 1986. The tournament then featured four events, paid out $25,000 in prize money, and had over 1,000 entrants from around the United States. In May, 2016, Arachnid celebrated its 31st Anniversary BullShooter tournament. And today players come from all over the world to compete ...Read More