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An impressive game from two nine-darts players and Luke Littler helped the BIGGER 180 charity event raise more than £1 million for Prostate Cancer UK at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship.
Paddy Power is once again supporting Prostate Cancer UK in its charity campaign at the World Darts Championship, taking place at Alexandra Palace in London from 15 December to 3 January and broadcast live on Sky Sports, The BIGGER 180 It was a huge success.
The bookmaker promised a bonus of £1,000 for every 180 strikes taken during the tournament, which reached a maximum of 907 over the 16 days of play, with the running total shown on Sky Sports’ live coverage.
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Highlights from the World Darts Championship final between Littler and Michael van Gerwen
Littler shot more 180s than any other player on his way to his first World Darts Championship title, shooting a total of 76 over the entire competition, more than his nearest challenger Michael van Gerwen 20 seconds.
Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy, who serves as a BIGGER 180 ambassador, presented Littler with the Sid Waddell Trophy and Art Ball trophy after Friday’s final.
There is a £60,000 prize for every nine dart completed in the competition, with Christian Kist and Damon Heta both triggering a further £120,000 donation with perfect leg landings. The BIGGER 180 campaign donated £1,027,000 to Prostate Cancer UK.
Kister’s nine-dart was the first since Michael Smith’s famous “I can’t speak” perfect leg in the 2023 final, although the Dutchman lost 3-1 to Madas in the first round. Razma.
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Christian Kist perfects first set of darts in first round match against Madars Razma
Hertha’s perfect performance came in his 4-3 loss to Luke Woodhouse, with both players winning themselves £60,000, with £60,000 given to one lucky fan in the crowd .
More than 160,000 people used the Prostate Cancer UK online risk checker during the competition, completing a 30-second questionnaire that quickly highlighted the risk of prostate cancer – the most common cancer in men – that one in eight men are at risk of.
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Watch again as the Alexandra Palace crowd went wild for Damon Heta’s nine-dart at the World Darts Championship
Funds raised from the Paddy Power BIGGER 180 event during the World Darts Championship supported Prostate Cancer UK’s ground-breaking TRANSFORM screening 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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