Grand Slam of Darts 2025 Betting Preview

Wolverhampton is the place to host the Grand Slam of Darts for the fifth year in a row, as the best players in the world will compete at WV Active Aldersley for a winner's share of £150,000. It is the penultimate event ahead of the World Championships, and we'll have a clear understanding of who's approaching the big one in top form.

In this article, MightyTips' pundits talk about the format of the tournament and the players qualified, analyse the favourites and betting odds, while also giving out a prediction on the outcome and some other tips for value bets.

Grand Slam of Darts 2025 format

All matches are played in a leg format. The 32 competitors are split into eight groups of four, with each group played in a round-robin system. A win is worth two points. The top two players from each group qualify for the playoffs.

If two players are tied on points, the tie will be settled first by leg difference, then by the result of their head-to-head match. In the case of a three-way tie, rankings will be determined in this order: leg difference, total legs won, legs won against the throw, tournament average, and, if still unresolved, a nine-dart shootout (where tied players score as high as possible with nine darts).

The number of legs needed to win increases as the tournament progresses:

• Group stage: Best of 9 legs
• Second round: Best of 19 legs
• Quarterfinals, semifinals, and final: Best of 31 legs

Grand Slam of Darts qualification

The first 24 players earned their spots based on the following criteria:

• Finalists from PDC televised tournaments held during the past twelve months (up to a maximum of 16 players)
• Additional qualifiers (up to a maximum of 8 players)
• Winners of European Tour events (to complete the field up to 24 players)
• Winners of Players Championship events (to make up the total of 24 participants)

The remaining eight spots were secured through a PDC Tour Card Holder Qualifier, which took place on 31 October in Wigan. Former champions Raymond van Barneveld and José de Sousa, as well as ex-finalists Peter Wright, Rob Cross and Dave Chisnall, were among those who failed to qualify.

Who has qualified for the Grand Slam of Darts?

Debutants at the 2025 Grand Slam of Darts:

🇨🇭 Stefan Bellmont
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Cam Crabtree
🇨🇿 Karel Sedlacek
🇺🇸 Alex Spellman
🇩🇪 Niko Springer
🇵🇭 Alexis Toylo
🇳🇱 Jurjen van der Velde
🇩🇪 Lukas Wenig pic.twitter.com/Db256xhcDn

— Tom Nankivell (@dartingupdates) November 3, 2025

Grand Slam of Darts: prize money

The table below lists the top ten favourites along with the odds of them winning the tournament. The defending champion and the current world champion, Luke Littler, is the man to beat, according to the bookies, at 3.00. Just like during the whole season, Luke Humphries is the second favourite, this time at 6.00. Three-time champion Gerwyn Price, not seeded this year, completes the top-3, as he can be had at 9.00.

While Luke Humphries was victorious in the first Premier PDC Event, the World Masters, in February, Luke Littler won the next three major ranking tournaments. These two are the undoubted leaders of the PDC Tour nowadays. However, it was Gian van Veen who became the European champion at the end of October. The Dutchman has defeated Humphries in the last leg decider in the final. Van Veen is in the form of his life right now, and the odds of 10.00 for him to win the tournament are so high just because he is in a very tough group.

Returning to retain ☢️🏆

In 2024, Luke Littler lifted the Grand Slam on debut, claiming a trophy that would lead him into the World Championship.

He'll be looking to keep that trophy, with one eye on something else, that coveted World No.1 spot 👀

Good luck Luke! #TeamTarget pic.twitter.com/TmrEPxPDxv

— Target Darts (@TargetDarts) November 3, 2025

Other real contenders to lift the Eric Bristow trophy include Gerwyn Price, Chris Dobey, and Nathan Aspinall. Of course, you can never count out Michael van Gerwen, who holds the records for the number of appearances at the Grand Slam of Darts (16) and the highest match average here (115.19 in 2021). The Green Machine is not as lethal as he once used to be, but he is regaining form and confidence slowly but surely.

1. Choose a betting site: Select a reputable bookmaker that offers betting on darts. Make sure the bookie is licensed in your country. You might be interested in our article about the best darts betting sites available.
2. Make your own research: Check recent form, head-to-head records, three-dart averages, checkout percentages, and how a player performs at different tournaments and rounds. There are plenty of resources with all the darts' stats possible, including the official PDC site.
3. Analyse the betting markets available: Some of the most popular betting options on darts are:
   

   - Outright winner: Who will win the entire tournament;

   - Group winner: Which player will finish first in the group;

   - Match winner: Who'll win a specific match;

   - Correct score: Predict the exact score of a match (for example, 5-3);

   - Most 180s: Who will throw more 180s in a match or in the whole event;

   - Highest checkout: Who will get the highest checkout in a match;

   - Over/under: Various totals such as number of 180s, legs, or 100+ checkouts.

4. Consider live betting: You can always bet in-play on the next leg or the whole match winner, based on what is happening, or opt for an early cashout if something does not go according to plan.
5. Bet responsibly: Betting is supposed to be fun, so make sure to play safely and avoid chasing losses. Good luck!

Let's start by trying to predict the winner. We can't see much value in betting either Littler or Humphries, considering they weren't playing that convincingly lately. Instead, MightyTips goes with the man in top form in van Veen. Yes, he is in a very tough group with Josh Rock and Wessel Nijman, and even the match against Lisa Ashton is anything but a walk in the park. It won't get any better in the playoffs, as van Veen is set to meet Littler in the quarterfinals. Still, the odds of 10.00 are just too good to pass by.

Next, we have three value betting options on the group winners. If we do believe in our prediction on the tournament outcome, it's well worth betting that van Veen will finish first in group F at 2.37. The opponents are dangerous, especially Nijman, who averaged a record 107.67 in 2024 despite not winning a single match. Yet van Veen is the favourite in this quartet for a reason.

Another player set to become the group winner is Chris Dobey. Damon Heta has been in very poor form recently, while Martin Lukeman and Jurjen van der Velde simply lack class when compared to Hollywood. Even if the group stage matches are only best-of-nine, Dobey winning group B at 1.72 looks impossible to fail.

This one, probably, has the most risk out of the three. Still, we back Danny Noppert to win group H at 2.37. The Dutchman is another one to show decent form in October. While Jonny Clayton is a dangerous opponent, Noppert should beat the Ferret, as well as prevail against debutants Lukas Wenig and Cam Crabtree.

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