World Darts Championship: Luke Littler and nine shooters help BIG 180 raise more than £1 million for Prostate Cancer UK | News about darts
Two nine darts and an impressive tournament from Luke Littler helped the BIGGER 180 charity campaign raise more than £1 million for Prostate Cancer UK at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship.
Paddy Power once again supported Prostate Cancer UK with its charity event at the World Darts Championship, held from 15 December to 3 January at London’s Alexandra Palace and live on Sky Sports, with The BIGGER 180 proving a huge success.
The betting firm has pledged £1,000 for every 180 scored during the tournament, with 907 being the maximum over the 16 days of play and the running total shown during Sky Sports’ live coverage.
Littler fired more 180 shots than any other player on his way to his first world darts title, producing 76 in the tournament, 20 more than nearest challenger Michael van Gerwen.
Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy was an ambassador for The BIGGER 180, presenting the Sid Waddell trophy as well as the Ballon d’Art trophy to Littler after Friday’s final.
A £60,000 bonus was paid out for every nine goals scored in the event, with both Christian Kist and Damon Heta landing a perfect foot to trigger a further £120,000 in donations, leaving the BIGGER 180 campaign with £1,027,000 donated to Prostate Cancer UK.
Kist’s nine-dart haul was the first since Michael Smith’s famous “I can’t speak” perfect leg in the 2023 final, although the Dutchman lost his first-round match 3-1 against Madars Razma.
Heta’s perfect leg came in his 4-3 defeat of Luke Woodhouse, with both players pocketing £60,000, as well as £60,000 going to a lucky fan in the crowd.
Over 160,000 people used Prostate Cancer UK’s online risk check during the tournament, completing a 30-second questionnaire that can quickly highlight the risk of being one in eight men to develop prostate cancer – the most common cancer in men.
Funds raised from The BIGGER 180 campaign during the Paddy Power World Darts Championship have supported the UK’s ground-breaking TRANSFORM prostate cancer trial, aiming to find the best way to diagnose the disease early – and pave the way for a national screening programme.
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