What were Luke Littler’s odds to win the World Darts Championship at the start of the tournament?

LUKE LITTLER has already made history by becoming the youngest finalist in World Darts Championship history.

And the 16-year-old is looking to go one step further and win the big £500,000 prize when he takes on pre-tournament favourite Luke Humphries – but what were Littler’s odds at the start of the tournament?

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And Humphries said of Littler before their final: “Nothing is going to faze him.

“If he plays like he did tonight, tomorrow is not going to faze him at all, so I will probably have to play the game of my life.

“I know what’s in front of me and what the task is. I’ve got to play at my best but I’m hoping I make him play his best as well and we give the fans hopefully one of the best world finals we have ever seen.”

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What were Luke Littler’s odds at the start of the tournament?

Luke Littler was a massive 66/1 outsider to win the World Darts Championship at the start of the tournament.

Littler came into the tournament on the back of winning the World Youth Championship, so was not a total unknown.

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Who were the pre-tournament favourites?

One half of the final was called by the bookies – the now World No 1 Luke Humphries entered the tournament as the favourite.

3/1 Luke Humphries

7/2 Michael van Gerwen

4/1 Gerwyn Price

10/1 Michael Smith

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14/1 Gary Anderson, Rob Cross

20/1 Peter Wright

25/1 Josh Rock

33/1 Dave Chisnall, Nathan Aspinall

40/1 Stephen Bunting

66/1 Luke Littler

Full Darts prize money 2023-24

• Winner – £500,000 ($635,000)
• Runner-up – £200,000 ($254,000)
• Semi-final – £100,000 ($127,000)
• Quarter-final – £50,000 ($63,500)
• Fourth round – £35,000 ($44,500)
• Third round – £25,000($31,800)
• Second round – £15,000 ($19,000)
• First round – £7,500 ($9,500)
• Total – £2,500,000 ($3,200,000)