Luke Littler shuns beach for favourite hobby after darts star left the UK following £500,000 windfall
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Old habits die hard for Luke Littler - even after jetting off on holiday following his incredible World Darts Championship victory, where he bagged in £500,000 prize money.
Having flown to Benidorm to celebrate becoming the world champion before reaching the age of 18, there is only so much one can do before the legal drinking age.
But Littler has travelled with his trusty Xbox, one of his favourite pastimes when he is not throwing darts.
Posting on social media, the 17-year-old uploaded a picture of himself playing on the games console with the caption: "Back to normal for a few days."
Luke Littler became world champion earlier this month
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And while Littler might have ditched the winter sun for some Xbox fun, he will be back down to business in the coming days.
The Bahrain Masters gets underway on January 16, marking the start of the darting calendar.
And the teenager will enter the event as the reigning champion, having won the 2024 edition of the tournament.
It came just days after reaching the World Championship final last year, where he was beaten by Luke Humphries.
At that time, the world had fallen head over heels for Littlermania after bursting onto the darts scene.
Now just a year on, he has become the world champion after a 7-3 mauling of Michael van Gerwen in the final and is gunning to take Humphries' title as world No. 1.
Looking back on the World Darts Championship, he said: "I would have loved to hit a nine-darter in the World Championships and obviously try and end 2024 with five nine-darters, but it wouldn't be, so obviously that's another record that I can try and break for years and years.
"When you're playing so good, you can feel the nine coming.
Luke Littler was back on his Xbox during his break
"I am now just going to recharge the batteries and chill but people are going to see that I'm going to be hungry for more titles this year and hopefully I can go one better and win 11 or even 12 onwards.
"Obviously if I can add some more money to the rankings, we all know how much Humphries is defending, it is a hell of a lot of money.
"But another thing, I can't wait to play in the World Cup with him. Maybe at the end of 2025, I can see myself number one."
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Luke Littler has been enjoying some downtime before returning to the darts circuit
Littler hit a nine-darter on his way to victory at last year's Bahrain Darts Masters and will be looking to defend his title.
Cross is included in the field, which also includes Stephen Bunting and Chris Dobey who were included in the 2025 Premier League field.
But Van Gerwen won't feature in Bahrain due to family commitments.
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