Luke Littler and his fellow competitors will have the chance to win $200,000 (€172,220) if they can hit a nine-dart finish followed by a ‘Golden Bull’ in Riyadh next week.

The World Series of Darts visits Saudi Arabia for the first time with eight PDC Tour representatives pitted against eight Asian Tour representatives and there is a money-spinning opportunity in the two-day tournament, which begins on Monday.

If a player hits a nine-darter they will win a $100,000 (€86,110) prize before getting the unique chance to double it by throwing one ‘golden’ dart at the bullseye.

It represents the biggest prize in the history of the sport for a nine-dart finish and Littler in particular will be licking his lips.

The 18-year-old recently claimed the record £1million prize for winning the World Championship and followed it up a few days later by earning a bumper contract with his darts supplier, worth £20million over 10 years.

Littler (below) threw nine perfect darts in the World Series event in Bahrain in 2024 and will be fine-tuning his trebles again.

Luke Littler during his Round 2 match against Wales' David Davies at 2026 PDC World Championships

Former World Championship semi-finalist Mark Webster said on ITV 4: “If a player hits a nine-darter they will get $100,000. Not bad, is it?

“Then one single dart at the bullseye, if they can hit that with their next dart, they will receive an extra $100,000.

“So 10 perfect darts is $200,000. Not bad is it? If they did that in the first leg, it would be job done.”

Littler will be joined in Riyadh by Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Gian van Veen, Gerwyn Price, Stephen Bunting, Nathan Aspinall and Danny Noppert.

Meanwhile, Littler showed who was boss at the Bahrain Masters after easing past veteran Paul Lim in the opening round.

It was not quite the apprentice beating the master in the Middle East even if Littler got the better of an opponent who is 53 years his senior.

The 19-year-old named Lim, 71, as one of the players he did not want to face at the recent World Championship but made light work of him, cruising to a 6-1 victory.

That included a 106 average and a trademark ‘Big Fish’ 170 checkout, which set up a quarter-final with Price.

Littler does not expect to be still at the oche when he is 71.

He said: “Not a chance! I will say it now.

“Paul’s doing well. He’s been doing well for many years. He’s just class and I wonder when is he going to retire? But yeah, he still goes very strong in the practice room as well.

“I think the World Championships would have been a different breed. Obviously he is a fan favorite, but it was the same tonight when he got his first leg and made it 1-1 but I started to kick on and got the win.”

Littler next plays Price, who beat him in last year’s semi-final. The Welshman avoided a scare against dancing Japanese star Motomu Sakai, winning 6-3.

Second seed Humphries was in ruthless form against Abdulla Saeed, dispatching him 6-0 while World Championship runner-up Van Veen beat Man Lok Leung 6-2.

Van Gerwen saw off Alexis Toylo, Aspinall edged past Lourence Ilagan and defending champion Bunting made light work of Ryusei Azemoto.