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Luke jackpot vow as punters eye up £60k nine-darter

- MIKE WALTERS

LUKE LITTLER will lead the charge for a nine-dart £180,000 bonus at Ally Pally and told fans: “I want to make you rich.”

At the Paddy Power PDC World Championship, which begins on December 15, ‘Luke the Nuke’ will play either women’s trailblazer Fallon Sherrock or Ryan Meikle in the second round.

Littler and defending world champion Luke Humphries cannot meet in another dream final because they were seeded in the same half of last night’s draw in London.

But the 17-year-old boy wonder’s eyes lit up as the title sponsor announced an incentive for him to break the record for most nine-darters in a calendar year.

Paddy Power will split a £180,000 bonus three ways – £60,000 each to the player, Prostate Cancer charity and a spectator selected randomly from the crowd – for every perfect leg at the tournament.