Raise a glass to Luke Littler as darts’ boy wonder turns 18 and prepares for another year packed with celebrations
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LET’S raise a glass to Luke Littler, who turns 18 today. The star’s birthday may have fallen on — in his own words — a “sluggish Tuesday” but, now he is legally allowed a pint, he certainly has plenty to celebrate. In just over a year, Littler has established himself as a legend of the darts drinking classes.
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Now he is allowed, by law, to walk into a pub and buy his own beer — and toast becoming one of the most astonishing breakthrough artists in British sporting history. In the 18 months since he left school, with only one GCSE to his name, Littler has become a worldwide celebrity and multi-millionaire.
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It has been a whirlwind ride in which he banked more than £1.5million in prize money, signed several lucrative sponsorship deals, won 11 titles, thrown a flurry of nine-darters and gained more than one million social media followers. And, most significantly, he became the sport’s youngest world champion.
![[Luke Littler celebrates winning the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/luke-littler-celebrates-immediately-defeating-961328212_636940.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
So what do you get a young man who seemingly has it all and achieved so much in such a short space of time?. Littler has been coy about his plans. Yet one of his boyhood dreams came true on Sunday when he paraded the Sid Waddell Trophy in front of Manchester United fans at half-time of their Premier League clash with Brighton.
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If only Ruben Amorim’s sorry men could have copied his lead and learnt how to cope with pressure as they were humbled 3-1 by the Seagulls. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS. Life will be different now for Littler, not just in terms of what he can do but perhaps how he is treated by those around him.
