Fill in the blank (_) in the following sentence from the following choices.
Sentence: He wanted to buy a dart board but settled on a board game instead because the _ was expensive.

Choice 1: He wanted to buy a dart board but settled on a board game instead because the dart board was expensive.
Choice 2: He wanted to buy a dart board but settled on a board game instead because the board game was expensive.
Which of the choices is correct? Respond with only "1" or "2" and no additional text.
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