Beat Luke Littler: ‘Queen of the Palace’ Sherrock defeats darts world champ and wins $670,000
Darts world champion Luke Littler faced off against Fallon Sherrock, billed as the "Queen of the Palace," in a one-off Netflix broadcast called "Beat Luke Littler." The show offered a prize of 501,000 pounds ($670,000) to anyone deemed an amateur darts player who could defeat Littler over a single leg. Sherrock, 19 years old at the time, shot to fame in 2019 as the first woman to beat a man at darts' flagship world championship.
When she met Littler, she drew closer to the bullseye than him, leaving him stranded on 142 with a score of 43. He needed to beat 20 opponents to win the jackpot. Sherrock's maximum checkout of 180 gave her the first shot, and she claimed the jackpot, the second biggest prize in darts history. Sherrock, who was not a member of the top-tier PDC Tour, played as an amateur and faced criticism for doing so.
Despite the backlash, she was happy to overcome the hate and claimed the second highest prize in the sport's history.
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