Some of the world's top players are currently in action in the Netherlands for the Dutch Darts Championship, where a £30,000 prize awaits the winner.
The likes of Michael van Gerwen, Ryan Searle and Martin Schindler are already into the quarter-finals, with Gerwyn Price in action at the moment.
Top seeds Dave Chisnall and Damon Heta both crashed out in the second round, while Cameron Menzies beat former world champions Raymond van Barneveld and Peter Wright in the first three rounds.
Quarter-final line up:
Jonny Clayton vs Ryan Searle
Danny Noppert vs Michael van Gerwen
Luke Woodhouse vs Martin Schindler
Gerwyn Price/Gian van Veen vs Josh Rock/Cameron Menzies
Darts star Gerwyn Price has claimed he has not enjoyed playing in the Premier League since 2018 - his first appearance at the tournament.
He said: "I haven't enjoyed the Premier League. I haven't enjoyed it since 2018 when I first played in it.
"But, that's the way it goes sometimes, you just have to bite the bullet and carry on.
"Now it's time to knuckle down and hit more of these events, the Pro Tours, the events that really matter and get some ranking points and hopefully get back into that top four."
The PDC has warned players about sneaking ALCOHOL into tournament venues.
The game's stars have been warned after some players were caught concealing alcohol in water bottles at Players Championship events - which are played behind closed doors.
The message sent to players read: "There has been an increase in the number of instances where players have been found to have brought alcohol into venues at floor events.
"This has been distinguished in water bottles and other containers.
"This is expressly forbidden and players have previously been notified that this is a breach of the Tournament Rules.
"The PDC have discussed this with the DRA and the PDPA and it has been decided that to deter such actions more robust sanctions are needed for players who are caught bringing alcohol into venues at events.
"The new approach is to issue incremental fines for such breaches."
Luke Littler is set to lose nearly half of his £275,000 Premier League Darts winnings to the tax man.
The 17-year-old came out on top Thursday night after beating Luke Humphries 11-7 at the finals.
His win landed him a staggering six-figure prize fund plus another £40k from his four other nightly wins in Aberdeen, Liverpool, Belfast and Manchester.
But the youngster will not be taking home the £315k he has accumulated as according to AtIndex Littler will have to hand £136,263.60 to HMRC.
That's £127,953 in income tax and £8,310.60 in National Insurance.
NINE-DART HERO Luke Littler has earned more than £4,400 per day in prize money since becoming a professional darts player.
The newly-crowned Premier League champion has enjoyed a meteoric rise on the oche over the past six months.
Since the start of this year – today is day 145 of 2024 – he has won £648,500 solely from his exceptional exploits throwing darts in competitive action.
For the 17-year-old, who was sitting his GCSEs this time last year, that works out to be about £31,300-a-week since he became a full-time member of the PDC circuit.
Luke Littler celebrated an incredible nine-dart finish after a key LOO BREAK as he became the youngest-ever Premier League Darts champion.
Following a quick bathroom trip during the TV ad break after 10 legs, Luke the Nuke hit a magical moment of perfection in leg 11 in front of a record PDC UK crowd of 14,000.
Littler revealed: “When it went 2-0 to me, I needed the toilet. I had to wait until the break.
“I went to the toilet. I thought, this is it, we are on until the end. Let’s do it.
“All of us players love a break and then come back on and do what we do
“It’s so good to win in front of my family, girlfriend and manager. I don’t know what to do with this trophy.”
Luke Littler has paid tribute to darts fans after an incredible rise to fame.
The recently-crowned Premier League champion is already a superstar at 17.
And he has thanked the fans who cheer his name up and down the country.
Been an incredible few months and can’t thank all of you enough for all the support you have given me, its been an amazing experience playing in front of massive crowds every week, seeing you watching from home and reading all your messages❤️🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/y30eHtrk5C
Luke Littler is set to lose nearly half of his £275,000 Premier League Darts winnings to the tax man.
His win landed him a staggering six-figure prize fund plus another £40k from his four other nightly wins in Aberdeen, Liverpool, Belfast and Manchester.
But the youngster will not be taking home the £315k he has accumulated as according to AtIndex Littler will have to hand £136,263.60 to HMRC.
That's £127,953 in income tax and £8,310.60 in National Insurance.
