Paddy Power are offering one lucky darts fan a once-in-a-lifetime chance to win a £180,000 cash prize live on stage ahead of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship final.
Paddy Power has announced a first-of-its-kind charity challenge with Prostate Cancer UK - where one member of the public will get the chance to throw nine darts on Ally Pally stage to win £180,000!
* Paddy Power are giving one lucky person the chance to win £180,000 on stage at Alexandra Palace - if they can score 180 points from nine darts
* The participant will be selected at random from anyone who enters via the Darts of Destiny Just Giving page
* It's all part of The Even Bigger 180 campaign - which will again see Paddy Power donate £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK for every 180 at this year's World Darts Championship, as well an incredible £180,000 nine-dart bonus shared between charity, player and a member of the crowd
* As well as raising vital funds, The Even Bigger 180 campaign will see Sky Sports, Paddy Power and Prostate Cancer UK join forces to call on 180,000 men to take the lifesaving risk checker this year. One in eight men will get prostate cancer, but it's often symptomless in the early stages - so it's vital that every man knows his risk and what to do next
* Paddy Power have raised more than £2 million in their first two years sponsoring the tournament, helping fund Prostate Cancer UK's TRANSFORM trial, a ground-breaking research project that will find the best way to diagnose prostate cancer early
The Irish bookmaker have created the first-of-its-kind Darts of Destiny sporting challenge, where one person - selected at random - will have a shot at glory if they can score 180 points from a maximum of nine darts on Saturday January 3 2026.
All they have to do is enter via the Darts of Destiny Just Giving page - set-up to help raise vital funds for Prostate Cancer UK - with one person to be drawn out of the hat to get a shot at the huge prize.
If they hold their nerve and can score 180 from nine darts in front of a packed out crowd just minutes before the best players on the planet take to the stage, they'll be starting the new year £180,000 better off - only £20,000 less than the losing semi-finalists at the tournament themselves will pocket!
After raising more than £2 million for Prostate Cancer UK in their first two years of sponsorship of the hugely-popular World Darts Championship, the incredible incentive for the 2025/26 tournament promises to raise yet more much-needed funds for ground-breaking research like Prostate Cancer UK's TRANSFORM trial - a project which could lead the way to a prostate cancer screening programme and save thousands of lives every year.
Along with the Darts of Destiny challenge, Paddy Power are also renewing their pledge to donate £1,000 to Prostate Cancer UK for every 180 hit at the tournament, which in 2023/24 reached £914,000 (rounded up to £1 million) and £907,000 at last year's tournament.
It's all part of Paddy Power's The Even Bigger 180 campaign for 2025/26, where following the huge success of The Big 180 and The Bigger 180 campaigns in their first two years of sponsorship of the tournament, the Professional Darts Corporation and Sky Sports are again joining Prostate Cancer UK as partners for the hugely-successful fundraising initiative.
As well as donating £1,000 for every 180 at the tournament, also returning is the nine-dart bonus where for every perfect leg at the tournament a cash prize of £180,000 will be split evenly between the player who achieved it, Prostate Cancer UK and one lucky fan in the crowd at Ally Pally.
Dutchman Christian Kist and Aussie thrower Damon Heta both achieved nine-dart finishes at last year's tournament, bumping up the overall amount raised for Prostate Cancer UK to a mega £1,027.000.
The Ballon d'Art trophy will also once again be up for grabs for the player who throws the most 180s in the tournament. World Champion Luke Littler is the current holder after landing 76 last year, with Luke Humphries out to regain the unique prize after his win with 73 in the inaugural 2024 version of the Paddy Power initiative.
In addition to potentially raising upwards of £1 million pounds for vital research funding, Paddy Power and Prostate Cancer UK are also calling on 180,000 men to check their risk of prostate cancer during the tournament, after more than a quarter-of-a-million men took the risk checker during the first two years of the campaign.
In the UK, one man dies from prostate cancer every 45 minutes. But finding it early, when it's easier to treat, can save lives. Men can check their risk online in 30 seconds by answering three quick questions. Take it here.
Funds raised through The Even Bigger 180 campaign - spearheaded for this year's tournament by Darts of Destiny - will help support Prostate Cancer UK’s ground-breaking TRANSFORM trial, which is the biggest and most ambitious prostate cancer screening trial for 20 years.
TRANSFORM will revolutionise diagnosis by testing the most promising screening techniques, including PSA blood tests, genetic spit tests and fast MRI scans, combined in ways that have never before been tested in a large-scale screening trial. It will identify the safest, most accurate and most effective way to test for prostate cancer, paving the way to a screening programme for all men.
Paddy Power said: "Most people can only dream of hitting 180 at Ally Pally — but this year someone will get the chance to actually do it and walk away £180,000 richer, all for a truly brilliant cause.
"We hope Darts of Destiny will encourage more men to take the super-easy risk checker, as well as help continue to fund life-saving research for Prostate Cancer UK. This year's Paddy Power World Darts Championship is going to be the biggest and best yet."
Laura Kerby, Chief Executive of Prostate Cancer UK, said: "We're thrilled to be back on the oche with Paddy Power again this festive period as The Even Bigger 180 returns.
"The last two years have changed the game for men, with more than £2m raised amid some high-octane darting drama - one 180 at a time. This campaign has had an incredible impact in making men across the UK more aware of their risk of prostate cancer, and what they can choose to do about it. That's crucial, as this disease often has no symptoms in its earlier, more treatable stages. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, and 1 in 8 of our dads, brothers, grandads and mates will get it. Sadly, too many men are being diagnosed at a later stage – when it's much harder to treat.
"And yet, prostate cancer remains the UK's last major cancer without a screening programme. We're striving to build a world where no man dies of prostate cancer. And the future of screening is already underway. Thanks to the incredible efforts of the PDC players, backed by Paddy Power, the funds raised will go towards supporting game-changing research like our TRANSFORM trial. That will help us find the missing pieces we need to build a safe and effective screening programme for all men, to catch prostate cancer early and save thousands of lives."
Steve Smith, Executive Director of Content, Sky Sports, said: "Sky's platforms proved crucial in getting 180,000 men to check their risk of prostate cancer during last year's World Darts Championship. We look forward to widening the reach, even more men checking their risk and hopefully changing their lives."
Matt Porter, Professional Darts Corporation chief executive, said: "The Big 180 and The Bigger 180 were the biggest-ever charity partnerships in darts history and it's exciting to see it grow again with The Even Bigger 180 for the 2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship.
"With the field of players expanding 128 this year, we're expecting even more 180s to be hit during an event which has got the sporting world talking!
"Darts of Destiny is such a unique concept, and could make dreams come true for one lucky darts fan, but all with a great cause in mind to help encourage donations to such an important cause in Prostate Cancer UK's TRANSFORM trial."
What is Darts of Destiny?
Darts of Destiny is a first-of-its-kind sporting challenge put on to raise valuable funds for Prostate Cancer UK.
One member of the public who enters via THIS page will be randomly selected to throw on stage at Alexandra Palace on the day of the final.
If they throw 180 points or more in nine darts, they will win a huge £180,000 cash prize from Paddy Power.
Entrants close on midnight on December 31 2025. A random draw will be conducted to pick one lucky donator, who must be 18+, and based in the UK or Ireland will then be whisked to Ally Pally.
What is The Even Bigger 180 Campaign?
All funds collected will go to Prostate Cancer UK, as part of The Even Bigger 180 campaign.
This year's The Even Bigger 180 campaign will once again see Paddy Power donate £1,000 for every 180 hit at the 2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship to Prostate Cancer UK.
There is also a nine-dart bonus for every perfect leg at the tournament, with £180,000 split evenly between the player who achieves it, Prostate Cancer UK and one fan - chosen at random - who is at Alexandra Palace during the session the nine-darter is hit.
The nine-dart bonus, paid by Paddy Power, will apply to every nine-darter in the Paddy Power World Darts Championship – not just the first one – and will be eligible only to parties aged over 18 on the day of play. The bonus will be paid to any player aged under 18 by another PDC partner, with details to be confirmed in due course.
The Even Bigger 180 campaign follows the The Big 180 and The Bigger 180 campaigns in Paddy Power's first two years of sponsoring the PDC World Darts Championship.
In that time, Paddy Power have raised more than £2million, helping fund Prostate Cancer UK’s TRANSFORM trial, a ground-breaking research project that will find the best way to diagnose prostate cancer early.
* Follow The Bigger 180 campaign on Paddy Power's X account and keep up with the running tally of the amount raised via Paddy Power News' Totaliser throughout the tournament