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Ben McCrum
The stunning fine handed to one darts star after his behaviour during in a controversial match has been revealed.
After a one-day break, the PDC World Darts Championship is back underway on New Years Day as the final eight players compete in the quarter-finals.
Apart from some heated exchanges between world number one Luke Humphries and two-time world champion Peter Wright, the tournament has so far been free of much controversy.
However, one darts player who is still competing in the tournament was once handed the biggest fine in the history of the sport for behaviour during a fiery match,
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In 2019, darts star Gerwyn Price was handed the biggest fine in darts history as he was told to pay a massive £21,500 following a heated Grand Slam final match against Gary Anderson.
During the match, which was played in November 2018, the Welshman was overwhelmed with emotions, producing some controversial and excited celebrations throughout the clash.
At one stage in the match, Price's celebrations were so extreme that Anderson responded by shoving his opponent.
Following Price's victory in the final, he was handed a trio of fines totalling £21,500 for his conduct during the Grand Slam and his social media posts afterwards, while Anderson was given a warning for the push.
The Darts Regulation Authority, who said that Price's behaviour "drew an unprecedented number of complaints from members of the public," fined the Welsh player £12,000 for “Bringing the sport into disrepute and gamesmanship” in the final, as well as a further £8,000 for similar behaviour during his Quarter-Final match with Simon Whitlock.
Price was also fined £1,500 for subsequent posts on social media and warned as to his future behaviour.
He was also given a three-month ban has also been imposed on Price, suspended for six months, meaning that had he breached the rules further in that time he would have been forced to spend time away from the sport.
However, following an appeal from Price, two of his fines were halved, with only the fine for his social media posts remaining at the full amount.
This meant that the 39-year--old only paid £10,000 for the two sanctions, but was also made to pay £2,325.24 towards the costs of the appeal process.