Two nine darts and an impressive tournament from Luke Littler helped the BIGGER 180 charity campaign raise over £1m 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, which took place 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 bookmaker promised £1,000 for 180 hits during the tournament, with 907 being the highest scored over 16 days of play and the total shown during Sky Sports Live.
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Highlights of Littler vs Michael van Gerwen in World Darts Final
Littler fired more 180s than any other player on his way to a maiden world darts title, producing 76 in the tournament, 20 more than nearest challenger Michael van Gerwen.
Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy was the BIGGER 180 ambassador, presenting Littler with the Sid Waddell Trophy as well as the Ballon d'Art trophy after Friday's final.
A bonus of £60,000 was paid out for every nine darts scored in the event, and Christian Kist and Damon Heta landed perfectly to trigger a further £120,000 in donations, leaving the BIGGER 180 campaign raising £1,027,000 for Prostate Cancer in the Big Britain.
Kist's nine-dart strike 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 to Madars Razma.
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Christian Kist lands a perfect first leg in darts for the first set in his first round match against Madars Razma
Hetty'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 lucky fans in the crowd.
Over 160,000 people used the UK's online prostate cancer risk check during the tournament, completing a 30-second questionnaire that can quickly indicate the risk of being one in eight men to develop prostate cancer – the most common cancer in men.
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Another look at how the Alexandra Palace crowd went wild for Damon Hetta's nine darts at the World Darts Championship
Funds raised from the BIGGER 180 campaign during the Paddy Power World Darts Championship supported UK's groundbreaking prostate cancer trial TRANSFORM, with the aim of finding the best way to diagnose the disease early – and pave the way for a national screening programme.
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