‘This can’t be real,’ says lucky fan who bagged £60k at World Darts Championship thanks to gift from grandparents
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CHRISTIAN KIST gave one darts fan an early Christmas present of £60,000 as he hit the first nine-darter of the World Championship. The Dutchman nailed the perfect leg to win the opening set of his clash with Madars Razma at the Ally Pally on Wednesday night.
![[Christian Kist hit the World Championship's first nine-darter on Wednesday night]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/christian-kist-celebrates-first-round-958378392.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It became the first nine-darter to trigger Paddy Power’s £180,000 bonus - split evenly between the player, Prostate Cancer UK and a lucky fan in the crowd. Kist, 38, delivered the traditional route of perfection of 180, 180 and then 60, 57 and double 12 to send the crowd wild.
![[Darts fan Chris from Sutton was announced as the winner of a £60k prize]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/x-com-officialpdc-status-1869501237982548428-958461125.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Just a year ago the Dutch ace became the first victim of Luke Littler’s run to glory in the Worlds - but still lost out 3-1 to Razma. Elated Chris, 28, from Sutton, was picked out as a face in the crowd on the big screen and that’s when he realised he’d won the jackpot.
![[The railway guard was presented with a huge cheque following Kist's checkout]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/christian-kist-9-darter-cheque-958461117.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The railway guard said: "My grandparents Stuart and Pauline bought me the tickets for the darts for my birthday last Saturday. My grandad is with me tonight. "It was just a normal day. I came here after work. I knew about this nine-darter initiative. But I wasn’t 100 per cent sure how it worked.
![[Kist and Chris shared an embrace after the darts fan was presented with his Christmas bonus]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/christian-kist-9-darter-cheque-958461124.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"I didn’t know if you had to sign but obviously when I got here that’s when I found out you did to be entered into it. "But you don’t expect to win it, do you? When I saw my face on the screen I turned round to my grandad and said ‘Seriously, oh my god this is mental’.
