Netflix announce new live Luke Littler show with fans given chance to win life-changing jackpot by beating world champ

NETFLIX have announced a new live Luke Littler TV show which will offer a stunning jackpot to fans. Just hours after lifting the World Matchplay title and smashing Gerwyn Price 18-8 in Blackpool, the new TV game show has been announced. Luke Littler will star in a new Netflix game show Credit: James Parsons for Netflix/Target The show was announced after he won the World Matchplay title Credit: Getty The world champion will take on pub players, with a life-changing jackpot to anyone who can topple the world no1. ‘Beat Luke Littler’ will be aired live on Netflix on October 30 and will include regional heats in Manchester and London in September before 20 competitors take on Littler in a single leg. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you! Littler featured in a video message as he laid down the gauntlet to prospective challengers. Littler said: “Everyone thinks they can beat me. Now they get a chance to prove it. Bring it on.” A statement from Netflix read: “The rules are simple: one night, one chance, and one perfect leg of 501. “If an amateur can defeat darts prodigy Luke Littler, they will walk away with a life-changing £501,000. “Produced in partnership with the PDC, the governing body behind professional darts. “The show will be rooted in the authentic world of competitive darts, bringing the sport’s electric atmosphere live on Netflix. Most read in Sport SUN VEGAS WELCOME OFFER: GET UP TO £100 BONUS Darts travel offers WE have teamed up with some of the UK’s finest travel firms to come up with these darts packages. Join the party when Luke Littler and co take centre stage. 🎯 MR VEGAS GRAND SLAM OF DARTS — Ticket to the darts plus night at handpicked hotel from £129 — BUY HERE 🎯 PDC PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS— See the world’s finest players go head to head at Butlin’s Minehead — BUY HERE * If you click on a link we will earn affiliate revenue. “To kick off the launch, Netflix has officially opened the nationwide recruitment search to find the 20 competitors brave enough to step up.” It is not the first time Littler has stepped into the entertainment world. He featured on the reboot of British TV classic Bullseye, which was hosted by England cricket legend Freddie Flintoff. Littler, 19, rewrote history on Sunday as he broke Phil Taylor‘s 16-year tournament average record with a staggering 111.04. He also hit a new benchmark with 66 maximum 180s. The Nuke was also the first player to surpass the £3million mark in winnings from the PDC Order of Merit. But he reckons he can still get even BETTER. He said: “I can still get better. I can get a lot better. “Through the matches, I was up to a 120 average at one point and I didn’t make it stick. “Maybe in a few years’ time I will stick it and go up to a 120 average.” Comment now