PDC World Darts Championship Sweepstake 2026/27

The PDC World Darts Championship 2026/27 runs from Friday 11 December 2026 to Sunday 3 January 2027 at Alexandra Palace in London, with the final on Sunday 3 January. Set your sweepstake's entry deadline before the first session.

Once everyone has joined and before the first match. The best time is the week before the tournament: by then the Players Championship Finals in late November have settled the Order of Merit, and most qualifiers are known. Close entries, run the draw and share the results so everyone knows their players before the opening session.

The World Championship has 128 players: the top 40 on the PDC Order of Merit, the next 40 from the Pro Tour rankings and 48 international qualifiers. Many qualifiers are only confirmed shortly before the event, and most are outsiders with little chance of going deep. Drawing from the top 48 (or up to 72) means the draw can run early, every player has a realistic chance of going deep and nobody is stuck with an unknown name.

A darts sweepstake is a competition built around a darts tournament such as the PDC World Darts Championship. Each entry gets players through a random draw or chooses them from seeded pots, and scores points as those players win matches. On Sweepzy the scores and leaderboard update automatically.

Create a PDC World Darts Championship event on Sweepzy, choose Random Sweepstakes or Player Picks, then add your name, logo, rules and prizes. Share one invite link or QR code, run the draw once everyone has joined (or let entrants make their picks) and follow the live leaderboard.

By default the draw uses the top 48 players in the PDC Order of Merit. The organiser can exclude players or include up to the top 72, and choose how many players each entry receives. Players are split into ranked bands so every entry gets a fair mix, and no two entries get the same combination.

Give each entry more players. With the top 48, one player per entry covers 48 entries, two players per entry create 576 unique combinations and three create 4,096. Unique combinations do not mean every entry has the same chance of winning.

The top 48 players are split into 7 seeded pots: Pot 1 and Pot 2 hold four players each and Pots 3 to 7 hold eight. Each entrant chooses one player from every pot, so every entry has 7 players. Picks from Pot 6 and Pot 7 score 1.5x points.

A player earns points for every match they win: 1 point for winning in Round 1, 2 in Round 2 and so on, up to 7 points for winning the final. Points add up, so the world champion is worth 28 points. An entry's score is the total for all of its players.

Player Picks only. Lower-ranked players are less likely to go deep, so Pot 6 and Pot 7 picks score 1.5x their round points to reward a good outsider. Random Sweepstakes have no multiplier.

Yes. Alongside the overall leaderboard, organisers can offer prizes for 1st to 8th place, a wooden spoon and a Most 180s per Match prize view.

Sweepzy updates every event when the field changes and tells entrants what changed. In Player Picks, a withdrawn player from Pots 1 to 3 is not replaced, while Pots 4 to 7 take the next-highest-ranked player. In a sweepstake that has already been drawn, the highest-ranked player not already in the draw takes their place.

No. Entrants join from one link or QR code and use any mobile or desktop browser. They create a free Sweepzy account with their email when they join.

It is free for up to 4 entries. Bigger offices and groups pay once per event for a plan sized for 15, 30, 50 or unlimited entries, and can upgrade later. Fundraisers have no upfront cost; a small platform fee applies to paid entries only.

Yes. Choose Fundraiser in the quick-start panel, set the entry fee, cause and prizes, then share the event with supporters. Pubs can also run free-to-enter competitions for regulars.