A huge £500,000 prize fund will be on offer at the 2025 Winmau World Masters, with the format for January's new event also now confirmed.
The Winmau World Masters will be played at Arena MK in Milton Keynes next year, with the preliminary rounds taking place on Wednesday January 29 ahead of the televised main event from Thursday January 30-Sunday February 2.
The top 24 players from the PDC Order of Merit, following the World Darts Championship, will automatically qualify for the 32-player main event - with 16 players to be seeded.
A further eight players will come from the preliminary rounds on Wednesday January 29, which will feature PDC Tour Card Holders and representatives from the PDC's secondary tours, affiliate tours and Junior Darts Corporation.
The preliminary rounds will see 32 players seeded through to the Last 64 (players 25-56 on the PDC Order of Merit), to be joined by 32 Group Winners from the round-robin group stage.
The group stage will see 32 players seeded as one per group (players 57-88 on the PDC Order of Merit), with the remaining players drawn at random to the groups.
The eventual Winmau World Masters champion will take home a £100,000 prize, with £50,000 on offer to the runner-up.
Prize money will also be paid out in the knockout stages of the preliminary rounds from the Last 64 onwards.
While standard tickets for the 2025 Winmau World Masters have sold out, Hospitality packages are still available via the following link.
Winmau World Masters
Prize Fund
Winner £100,000
Runner-Up £50,000
Semi-Finalists £30,000
Quarter-Finalists £17,500
Second Round Losers £10,000
First Round Losers £5,000
Preliminary Round Last 16 Losers £2,500
Preliminary Round Last 32 Losers £1,000
Preliminary Round Last 64 Losers £750
Total £500,000