“Didn’t expect it to happen to me!” - Lucky fan sees nine-darter and leaves Ally Pally £60k richer thanks to Paddy Power & Christian Kist
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Christian Kist had made the Christmas of one lucky fan in attendance thanks to his stunning nine-darter Wednesday evening at the 2025 PDC World Darts Championship. Thanks to Paddy Power's Bigger180 campaign, Kist himself, Prostate Cancer UK and a fan from the crowd are all now £60,000 richer.
After being selected from the crowd by Master of Ceremonies John McDonald, the luckiest darts fan on the planet spoke to media to give his immediate reaction to winning the £60,000.
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"I'm absolutely speechless to be honest," Kris, a railway worker from Sutton reacts. "Didn't expect it to happen to me and yeah, I'm just really speechless! Shaking still and I can't believe it. "
"I'm a massive darts fan, I'm came here probably 10 years ago with my brother and my granddad who I'm here with tonight, but haven't been back since. This was a birthday present so it's made it all so much better," he continues. "My granddad got me the tickets too, who I'm with so that makes it even sweeter doesn't it."
Understandably, Kris also now has a new favourite dart player in the form of the former Lakeside champion Kist. "Absolutely yeah!" he says with a beaming smile. "100% (the biggest Kist fan now.)."
The question now, is how to spend the money. "Me and my partner have literally just moved into a flat this year, so might put some on the mortgage, a nice holiday maybe? I don't know," he laughs, still in a bit disbelief. "It's a lot of money so yeah, it's quite a lot to think about!"
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“Didn’t expect it to happen to me!”
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) December 18, 2024
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- More roid rage than nonsenserichieburnettrocks18-12-2024
- Even the wild crowd went easy on him... we really have gone soft in this country. He should now play in the men's events and try and recover a smidgen of respect, rather than take advantage of the women's game.MrYnyslas197118-12-2024
- The bloke wouldn't get any abuse if he just earned his way in instead of putting on lipstick and larping as a bird.thebogeyman17-12-2024
- Imagine what he'd be like if he done it on TV.medinabello15-12-2024
- Moot point Wattemina will beat him anyways so he will have an early Xmas after all.medinabello15-12-2024
- Grow up mate it's a game of darts surely a player has the capacity to play more than 1 best of 5 set match in one evening.medinabello15-12-2024
- Modus will be good for him. Great comp.medinabello15-12-2024
- I'm with Asp here. If they moan about it don't pick them. Simple as.medinabello15-12-2024
- We don't need the Saudi's money and prohibitive laws. Simply take the World's to other countries like Germany, Holland, Scotland, Poland, Belgium. Not only will you get sell out crowds with bigger venues but it will also freshen up the comp a bit. Let's face it Ally Pally is getting a bit boring now. Imagine 10,000 in Berlin, Rotterdam, Brussels etc.medinabello15-12-2024
- Am probably going to be in a small minority, i would not miss the walk ons, best part used to be the lovely ladies which obviously now makes me a misogynist. Its all part of the razzamatazz show business side and its not that long so not something that winds me up however some of the walk on choices are abysmal while some work, MVG and Seven Nation Army being an example. Dimi the Dancer is / was just awful and Peter Wrights is old hat now.Mysstree14-12-2024