Most Premier League Darts venues bought out as followers clamour to see Luke Littler

The Luke Littler impact has seen many of the Premier League Darts venues bought out with simply lower than a month till evening one.

Premier League Darts is quickly to return to our screens because the 4 highest-ranked gamers on this planet alongside 4 extra different picks battle it out over 16 nights in 16 totally different venues throughout the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Germany for a spot at finals evening at The O2 in London.

Viewing figures in the course of the Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship noticed 4.8million watch the ultimate between Luke Humphries and Luke Littler – turning into the most-watched darts match in Sky Sports historical past, breaking a report set 24 hours earlier than when Littler beat Rob Cross within the semi-final.

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That’s because of Littler-fever which fully swept the nation because the 16-year-old surprised the darting world to be edged out 7-4 within the remaining by probably the most in-form participant on planet darts. ‘The Nuke’s’ unbelievable run to the ultimate noticed him take a spot within the eight-man line-up for the Premier League because the competitors nears a whole sell-out.

A publish by the PDC on Friday named each venue as ‘sold out’ aside from Rotterdam, Aberdeen, Leeds and Sheffield – 4 of the 5 remaining venues to host the match forward of the play-offs. The Netherlands journey takes place on April 18, whereas the opposite three all happen in May.

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Littler is one in every of 4 picks alongside former world champs Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright and Cross to be chosen to hitch reigning champion Michael van Gerwen, Humphries, Michael Smith and Nathan Aspinall as these already assured a spot attributable to their present world rankings.

All eight gamers will compete every evening in a knockout match with the winner choosing up £10,000 and most factors so as to add to the league standings.

The opening evening takes place on February, 1, in Cardiff, one in every of seven venues exterior of England.

While the ultimate can be on evening 17 on May, 23, at The O2 the place the highest 4 from the league section will play a semi-final and remaining to crown this 12 months’s champion – who may also pocket £275,000.