Editing Nine-dart finish (section)

==Nine-dart-finish prize money==
In 1984, [[John Lowe (darts player)|John Lowe]] pocketed £102,000 for the first TV perfect leg. With nine-dart finishes now thrown on a regular basis the reward for throwing one has decreased. Until 2013 the PDC had a rolling £400 prize-pool for a nine-dart leg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Order of merrit explanation |url=http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0,,10180,00.html |publisher=PDC |access-date=29 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525013142/http://www.pdc.tv/page/OrderofMeritExplanation/0,,10180,00.html |archive-date=25 May 2011 }}</ref> As long as it wasn't won, it increased by £400 for the next event. In 2013 the bonus stopped being awarded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Players Championship Prize Funds Boosted |url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9kpvi8b3iqyf181ofegu1jxib/title/players-championship-prize-funds-boosted |publisher=PDC |access-date=13 November 2013 |date=8 March 2013 |quote=There is no nine-dart bonus for Players Championship events in 2013. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113104229/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/9kpvi8b3iqyf181ofegu1jxib/title/players-championship-prize-funds-boosted |archive-date=13 November 2013 }}</ref> For all PDC Premier events, the PDC formerly had a rolling £5,000 prize-pool for a nine-dart leg.<ref>{{cite web |title=PDC Prize Fund Increases Confirmed |url=http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed |publisher=PDC |access-date=28 November 2014 |date=6 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703062147/http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/x8j56hdz8y961h0jdoq3fx4h4/title/pdc-prize-fund-increases-confirmed |archive-date=3 July 2014 }}</ref> As long as it isn't won, the prize for hitting a nine-dart leg is increased by £5,000. If multiple players hit a nine-dart finish in one premier event, the money is split evenly across all players who achieved a nine-dart finish in that event. So the prize for a nine-darter varies for every PDC premier event. In the 2015 tournament,  achieving the perfect leg in the [[PDC World Darts Championship|PDC World Championships]] would win £10,000, (in the 2014 tournament the prize was £30,000). The reward for a nine-darter during the most recent [[BDO World Darts Championship]] was £52,000.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In 2019, a special prize of £100,000 was available to any player who hit two nine-dart finishes at the PDC World Championship, a feat which has as of December 2024 never been achieved at any World Championship. From 2019 to 2024 prize money for nine-dart finishes were withdrawn, owing to the ever increasing prize fund for tournaments.

Prior to the [[2025 PDC World Darts Championship]], title sponsors [[Paddy Power]] announced that they would be giving out a total of £180,000 for every nine-dart finish hit in the tournament, with the player, a spectator in the crowd and [[Prostate Cancer UK]] receiving £60,000 each.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dartsnews.com/pdc/players-get-huge-bonus-for-throwing-nine-darter-at-world-darts-championship|title=Players get huge bonus for throwing nine-darter at World Darts Championship|publisher=Darts News|last=Gill|first=Samuel|date=27 November 2024|accessdate=18 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=PDCBigger180>{{cite web |date=25 November 2024 |title=Paddy Power launches 'The BIGGER 180' campaign |url=https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/11/25/paddy-power-launches-bigger-180-campaign |work=[[Professional Darts Corporation|PDC]] |access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=ODBigger180>{{cite web |last=Barrs |first=Phill |date=30 November 2024 |title=Paddy Power £180,000 bonus pledge for a nine-darter at the World Championship |url=https://onlinedarts.com/paddy-power-180000-bonus-pledge-for-a-nine-darter-at-the-world-championship/ |website=Online Darts |access-date=9 December 2024}}</ref>