There's a life-changing £501,000 up for grabs for any player able to topple back-to-back World Darts Championship winner Luke Littler live on Netflix this Friday night.
The world number one will tackle as many as 20 amateur contestants in single leg shootouts, with the first of the bunch able to see-off the 19-year-old set to be rewarded with the bumper cash prize.
The Nuke, who has won a staggering 14 major PDC ranking titles already, has been installed as a 10/3 outsider to go come through the television special unbeaten.
However, despite his untypical outsider tagging, the Warrington star has vowed to steamroll his way through the pack, even if, by his own admission, he does have to come through one or two hairy moments.
"I think it'll be an amazing night and I’m just really looking forward to getting started,” Littler, who at 17 became the PDC's youngest ever world champion, said.
"There’s half a million quid up for grabs, I won’t be going easy at all. I’ll be wanting to beat everyone who comes up.
"Maybe the first few legs could be a bit nervy, but once I get going then I don't think anyone will stop me."
Twenty-four players have come through qualification and interviews to seal their spot at the event, although that number will be whittled down to a final 20 on Friday.
The contenders, which include former women's champion of the world Fallon Sherrock - who now holds amateur status - will then be split into four groups and assigned a random order number in which they will toe the oche alongside one of the biggest names in world sport.
From there, the first player to beat Littler in a single leg of 501 will be crowned champion and head home with the colossal lump sum of £501,000; more than was on offer for the winner of the World Darts Championship in 2025.
According to the the 'Beat Luke Littler' panelist and numbers-cruncher Richard Osman, there is an approximate 85 percent probability that one of the players will overcome the talented teenager.
"Obviously, he is the best player in the world. So people think, ‘Oh yeah, but how are you going to beat him?" he said.
"Well, firstly, the people they are going for are going to be good darts players.
"You can’t be a pro, but these are good players. We were looking at all the numbers and you think, like, in any given leg, Luke Littler has got an 85 per cent chance of beating a player at that standard.
"So, any given leg, of course, he is going to win. But 20 legs, I think he’s got a 15 percent chance of winning all 20.
"Which means an 85 percent chance of giving away £501,000 to an amateur darts player!"
For what it's worth, we are offering an even healthier 1/5 price on any of the amateur stars overcoming the world number one.
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