Luke Littler can't buy darts due to little-known law retailers could be FINED for breaking Luke Littler is the World Darts Champion but can't even buy darts from a shop in the UK because he's not yet 18.
Littler's success at Alexandra Palace on Friday night makes the law all the more ironic with the teenager seeing off Michael van Gerwen in dominant fashion to become world champion for the first time, landing The Nuke half a million in prize money in the process.
With time firmly on the 17-year-old's size there is already talk of him breaking all of the sport's major records, including Phil Taylor's haul of 16 World Darts Championships.
The little-known law means that retailers couldn't sell darts to the 17-year-old because they are classed as age-restricted items, like knives, under legislation in Great Britain, as detailed by credit investment platform Saxo.
Littler missed out in the final 12 months ago, losing to Luke Humphries, but was relentless in his pursuit of a first world title.
