{"id":225957,"date":"2026-01-03T22:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/225957\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:27:09","slug":"world-darts-championship-prize-money-breakdown-per-round-paddy-power-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/225957\/","title":{"rendered":"World Darts Championship prize money breakdown per round \u2013 Paddy Power News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It\u2019s a big increase from last year\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say throwing arrows at a cork board is a pretty lucrative business these days.<\/p>\n<p>The lucky players that have descended on Alexandra Palace in London for the Paddy Power World <a href=\"https:\/\/news.paddypower.com\/darts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Darts<\/a> Championship are battling it out for the Sid Waddell Trophy \u2013 and more money than you can shake a stick at.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Littler claimed the most prestigious prize in the game last season when beating Michael van Gerwen to bag a cool half a million British pounds. Woof!<\/p>\n<p>Just reaching the tournament itself is a decent enough pay day, which is good news for the 128 hopefuls taking their places in the starting blocks. The tax man will, no doubt, be looking for a slice of the pie, though. <\/p>\n<p>The three weeks of fun at the legendary Alexandra Palace in London began on Thursday, 11th December\u00a0and runs through to the grand final on Saturday, 3rd January.<\/p>\n<p>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paddypower.com\/darts\/pdc-world-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">World Darts Championship odds<\/a> on the Paddy Power website and app. Otherwise, the prize money breakdown for the tournament at Ally Pally is below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/register.paddypower.com\/account\/registration?promotionCode=YSKAST&amp;rfr=5300949&amp;returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paddypower.com%2Fbet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/newcustomeroffer.jpg\"\/><\/a>Paddy Power World Darts Championship prize money per round<\/p>\n<p>A total prize pot worth a record-breaking \u00a35,000,000 has been amassed for the latest Paddy Power World Darts Championship. That represents a 100 per cent increase on last year\u2019s fund!<\/p>\n<p>The thrower that claims the Sid Waddell Trophy also bags a tidy \u00a31,000,000. That isn\u2019t too shabby for a few weeks of chucking some sharp objects!<\/p>\n<p>Winner: \u00a31,000,000<br \/>Runner-Up: \u00a3400,000<br \/>Semi-Final: \u00a3200,000<br \/>Quarter-Final: \u00a3100,000<br \/>Fourth Round: \u00a360,000<br \/>Third Round: \u00a335,000<br \/>Second Round: \u00a325,000<br \/>First Round: \u00a315,00<br \/>Nine Dart Finish: \u00a360,000<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.paddypower.com\/darts\/2025\/11\/27\/bigger-180-and-darts-of-destiny-throw-to-win-180000-at-ally-pally\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Darts-of-destiny-1430x194-1.webp.webp\"\/><\/a>Read More on the Paddy Power World Darts Championship<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paddypower.com\/darts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The latest darts odds are on PaddyPower.com now<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.paddypower.com\/guides\/2020\/06\/18\/the-paddy-power-guide-to-responsible-gambling-everything-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Paddy Power Guide To Safer Gambling \u2013 Everything You Need To Know<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/games.paddypower.com\/wonder-wheel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1430x194-V2-1.webp.webp\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a big increase from last year\u2026 It\u2019s fair to say throwing arrows at a cork board is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-225957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}