Luke Littler nailed a spectacular nine-darter in Cardiff on Thursday
Teenage darts prodigy Luke Littler is "99.9 per cent sure" that the World Darts Championship's top prize could soon hit an eye-watering £1million. The 18 year old sensation scooped the £500,000 jackpot in January after his stunning victory over Michael van Gerwen at Ally Pally.
Humphries' hint at a prize money boost for the worlds could see the champion snatch the prestigious No. 1 ranking. Quizzed on whether a leap in the prize funds to £1m for the world champion would mark another huge step for darts, which saw its inaugural PDC victor Dennis Priestley pocket just £16k back in 1994, the darting ace said: "It would be, yeah.
Humphries mentioned his focus was not on rankings but titles, commenting: "I'm not fighting desperately to be world number one. I'd rather be world champion, which he is, so for him, I'm sure he'd be happier to be world champion than world number one. Expectations for such an impressive prize have been stoked by comments from PDC chairman Eddie Hearn in 2021, indicating that his father, Barry Hearn, had laid the groundwork for this significant prize to materialise.
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