Premier League Darts returns as supercomputer predicts champion and individual prize money for Luke Littler and Co

THE Premier League is astir to get underway erstwhile again arsenic 8 of darts' apical throwers statesman their 17-week slog to beryllium crowned champion.

It was Luke Littler who won past year's tourney disconnected the backmost of bursting onto the country astatine the 2024 World Championship - but tin helium repetition history?

That's what the analysts astatine CasinoHawks person tried to fig retired by moving their information done a supercomputer to foretell who volition assistance the Premier League trophy astatine the O2 Arena successful May.

Using their supercomputer they person managed to springiness each of the 8 stars a percent accidental of some topping the Premier League array and winning the full batch successful the London play-offs - arsenic good arsenic their mean prize wealth from the simulations.

This year's lineup is stacked with superstars arsenic Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Nathan Aspinall, Rob Cross and Gerwyn Price each instrumentality to the competition.

While Chris Dobey and Stephen Bunting were chosen to articulation them aft missing retired connected the enactment past year.

Despite a tract littered with immoderate of the champion players successful the world, 18-year-old Littler has been backed to triumph the batch erstwhile again.

The supercomputer reckons Littler has an unthinkable 51.9 per cent accidental of topping the table, and 34.1 per cent of going connected to triumph back-to-back titles.

In fact, their simulations has him averaging a full prize wealth of £196,813 from the tournament.

Littler was crowned champion astatine the 02 past twelvemonth aft beating Luke Humphries successful the final, and it's Cool Hand Luke that is predicted to beryllium his biggest rival erstwhile again.

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World fig 1 Humphries has been fixed an 18.3 per cent accidental of winning the Premier League this year, and is besides 2nd favourite to apical the group.

The supercomputer's predictions person Humphries to triumph £148,873 connected mean crossed their simulations arsenic a result.

Michael van Gerwen is the 3rd astir apt winner, with the Green Machine fixed a 14.9 per cent accidental of winning his EIGHTH Premier League title.

MVG whitethorn person won the contention much than immoderate different player, but helium is is inactive much than 4 times little apt to apical the array than Luke Littler with conscionable an 11.6 per cent chance.

However, an mean prize wealth of £135,647 wouldn't beryllium passed up by the Dutch dartman.

Form is ever truthful important successful darts and arsenic such, Stephen Bunting has been fixed the 4th highest accidental of winning this year's Premier League.

The people's champion would nonstop the assemblage Bunting intelligence if helium came retired connected top, thing that the supercomputer reckons determination is simply a 12.6 per cent accidental of happening.

As for the others, some Gerwyn Price and Rob Cross person been fixed a 6.4 per cent accidental of success.

While Chris Dobey and Nathan Aspinall would person to propulsion disconnected a occurrence with the brace fixed conscionable 3.6 per cent accidental of winning £275,000 expansive prize.

That means that Littler is astir TEN TIMES much apt to clasp his rubric than Aspinall oregon Dobey.

In fact, the supercomputer spat retired an mean winnings of little than £100,000 for the pair.

Fans tin get excited arsenic enactment begins this evening arsenic the eight stars instrumentality to the oche successful Belfast astatine the SSE Arena to footwear things off.

For Littler it volition beryllium a tricky commencement arsenic helium takes connected MVG successful his opening match.

But the satellite champion is acceptable to get the amended of the antheral helium toppled connected the biggest signifier astatine Ally Pally.

He said: "I deliberation maine and Michael are some going to beryllium astatine the apical of our crippled time night.

"Belfast is wherever I claimed my archetypal Premier League nightly win, truthful I'm hoping I tin proceed this large tally of form.

"There whitethorn beryllium immoderate nerves coming successful arsenic the reigning champion, but I'm conscionable looking guardant to getting backmost connected the large signifier successful beforehand of thousands of fans!

"It would mean the satellite to spell back-to-back, but it's going to beryllium a pugnacious 16 weeks, truthful my archetypal extremity is conscionable to marque that apical four."

Littler would go lone the 3rd subordinate successful the past of the Premier League to clasp his rubric if helium does triumph this year.

Only Phil Taylor and Micheal van Gerwen person achieved the feat successful the past.