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Luke Littler spotted 'spending' £500k World Championship prize money for the first time outside Ally Pally

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Published 13:58 5 Jan 2025 GMT

Luke Littler spotted 'spending' £500k World Championship prize money for the first time outside Ally Pally

Littler won £500k for beating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the 2025 World Darts Championship final.

Ryan Smart

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Luke Littler has been spotted spending the first of his £500,000 prize money - in a very understated way.

Littler scooped the maximum prize money for winning the World Darts Championship on Friday, defeating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final.

The 17-year-old raced into a 4-0 lead, and while Van Gerwen improved significantly after pulling the score back to 4-1, Littler never looked like relinquishing his advantage.

In fact, 'The Nuke' only seemed to up his own game as he neared the finishing line, and it was only when aiming for a title-winning double that he appeared to realise the gravity of what he was about to achieve.

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Littler's victory and the £500,000 prize money takes him up to world number two behind Luke Humphries.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live on Saturday morning that he didn't know what to do with his prize money - and was content simply knowing that it was there for future use.

But he was captured on camera outside Alexandra Palace (via the Daily Mirror) giving a small amount of it away - to his brother Leon.

'The Nuke' can be seen handing out a small amount of notes to his brother, who patted him on the head as if to recognise what surely will have been a tongue-in-cheek gesture.

Littler is the 13th winner of what is now known as the Sid Waddell Trophy, with Phil Taylor lifting it 16 times since the first edition of the PDC championship back in 1994.

Luke Littler lifts the Sid Waddell Trophy after winning the 2025 World Darts Championship (Image: Getty)
Luke Littler lifts the Sid Waddell Trophy after winning the 2025 World Darts Championship (Image: Getty)

Van Gerwen, John Part, Gary Anderson, Adrian Lewis and Peter Wright have all won it at least twice, with Van Gerwen the only one on that list to have lifted the trophy on three different occasions.

Speaking after the final, 'The Green Machine' told Sky Sports: "I came on 4-0 behind and I didn't do myself justice, but that's the way it is.

"You need to try and fight and battle back. After coming back from 4-0 down I definitely was not the worst player out of us, but fair play to him [Littler]. Every moment he got to hurt me, he did.

"I had a lovely tournament. I've been battling my own game, but that's how it was. You have to take it on the chin and take it as a champion. It hurts, but that's how it should be."

Featured Image Credit: Getty / Twitter/@LukeTheNuke180

Topics: Luke Littler, Darts

Ryan Smart
Ryan Smart

Live in constant hope of the top flight as a Preston North End fan. Written in the past for SPORF, GiveMeSport and more.

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