Reduced Prize Fund for 2020 BDO World Championship finally revealed

Newly crowned BDO World Champion, Wayne Warren will receive just £23,000; which is a reduction of 77 percent compared to Glen Durrant last year.

This came after Des Jacklin, chairman of the BDO sent out a letter pre tournament telling players that the prize fund had been 'reduced somewhat' due to poor ticket sales and the failure to gain a main sponsor.

Warren's winnings are the lowest for a winner of the BDO World Championship since Jocky Wilson received £20,000 in 1989 and to put it into even more context, Fallon Sherrock received £2,000 more for reaching the third round at the PDC World Championship.

Men's Runner-Up in Jim Williams will claim only £10,000 while the semi finalists get £5,000 and the Quarter-Finalists £4,000. This goes all the way down to first round losers who will get £1,500.

In terms of the Ladies, the amount hasn't dropped too substantially with Mikuru Suzuki getting £10,000 for retaining her World title in an overall drop of 8.6 percent but this is still a drop on what was expected with an increase up to £20,000 mooted before the tournament began.

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