The BIGGER 180 charity campaign has raised over £1 million for Prostate Cancer UK at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship, thanks to an impressive tournament by two nine darters and Luke Littler.
Paddy Power once again supported Prostate Cancer UK with his charity work at the World Darts Championship, held at London’s Alexandra Palace from December 15th to January 3rd and broadcast live on Sky Sports. BIGGER 180 was a huge success.
Bookmakers promised £1,000 for each 180 hits during the tournament, with a total of 907 hits achieved over 16 days of play, with the total shown live on Sky Sports.
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Highlights of Littler vs. Michael van Gerwen in the World Darts Championship final
Littler fired more 180s than any other player on his way to winning his first World Darts Championship title, posting 76 seconds for the entire tournament, 20 seconds ahead of his closest challenger, Michael van Gerwen. There were many.
Olympic cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy was an ambassador for The Bigger 180 and presented Littler with the Sid Waddell Trophy and Ballon d’Art Trophy after Friday’s final.
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A £60,000 bonus is paid out for every nine darters completed in the event, with both Christian Kist and Damon Heta landing on perfect feet to win an additional £120,000 in donations. The BIGGER 180 campaign raised £1,027,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.
Kist’s nine-darter was the first since Michael Smith’s famous ‘non-speak’ perfect leg in the 2023 final, but the Dutchman lost 3-1 to Madas Razma in the first round. Ta.
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Christian Quist hits the first perfect leg of a dart to take the first set in his first round match against Madas Razma
Heta’s perfect legs were on display as he lost 4-3 to Luke Woodhouse, with both players winning £60,000 for themselves, as well as £60,000 going to one lucky fan in the crowd. It was done.
During the conference, more than 160,000 people used Prostate Cancer UK’s online risk checker, a 30-second test that instantly reveals the 1 in 8 risk of prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men. I answered the questionnaire.
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Take another look at how the Alexandra Palace crowd went wild for Damon Heta’s nine-darter at the World Darts Championship.
Funds raised from The BIGGER 180 campaign during the Paddy Power World Darts Championship aim to find the best way to diagnose prostate cancer early and pave the way for a national screening programme. Supported the UK’s ground-breaking TRANSFORM screening trial for prostate cancer.
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