Prize Money
The 2008 World Championship will feature a prize fund of £600,000 - a rise of £100,000 on the previous year. The prize money for earlier round losers has been increased, whilst the winner and runner-up prize money is all unchanged.
- Winner: £100,000
- Runner-Up: £50,000
- Semi-Finals: £22,500 (up from £20,000)
- Quarter Finals: £15,000 (up from £12,500)
- Third Round losers: £10,500 (up from £8,500)
- Second Round losers: £7,000 (up from £5,000)
- First Round losers: £4,000 (up from £3,500)
- Preliminary Round losers (2): £2,500
- PDPA Qualifying round losers fund: £16,000
- Nine dart finish: £20,000 (not won and rolls over to £25,000 for UK Open)
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