Alexandra Palace Darts: Ballot Results Land Week of 21 Sept

The World Darts Championship returns to Alexandra Palace on Friday 11 December 2026 and runs to Sunday 3 January 2027. If you want to be in the room, the ballot is over. It closed at 11.59pm on Monday 14 September, and Alexandra Palace says every applicant was told the outcome by email between Monday 21 and Friday 25 September. If you won, your card has already been charged. If you have heard nothing, check your junk folder and your bank statement before assuming you lost.

There was no other way in. For the first time in the tournament’s history every ticket is being drawn by ballot rather than sold first come, first served (Alexandra Palace).

Alexandra Palace darts championship ballot: results sent 21 to 25 September

Update, Monday 28 September 2026. The Palace’s listing now reads: “The Ballot has now closed. All applicants will be notified of their ballot outcome between Monday 21 September and Friday 25 September.” That window has passed. As of today the listing carries no general sale, no returns queue and no second ballot, and we found no PDC announcement of one.

What the ballot rules were, checked against the Palace’s own listing on Thursday 17 September 2026, three days after the draw window shut:

• The ballot is closed. The general ballot shut at 23:59 BST on Monday 14 September 2026; the PDCTV members’ window closed on 7 September. You can no longer enter, and the Palace listing still carries the closing line rather than any new sale.
• You cannot change or withdraw an entry. The Palace’s listing says applications “cannot be edited or cancelled once submitted”, so a session you ranked is the session you will be charged for if you win.
• You can apply for up to two sessions, with a maximum of six tickets per session. You rank the sessions you want, or tick “Any Session” if you would go to a different one.
• Entering early gained nothing. All valid applications have an equal chance, and they are drawn at random now the ballot has closed.
• Your card is charged automatically if you win. Card details are taken when you apply; successful applicants have payment taken, unsuccessful ones are not charged. Make sure the money is there in the week of 21 September.
• Results were sent by email between Monday 21 and Friday 25 September 2026, to successful and unsuccessful applicants alike.
• After the ballot, resale is only through See Tickets Fan-to-Fan. Any ticket resold has to be listed on that official platform, so a ticket offered anywhere else is outside the PDC’s rules.
• One free carer ticket is available where needed, with supporting documents asked for during the application.

The PDC put the entry link out through its official channels when the general ballot opened on 8 September (PDC on X), and the Palace’s listing links to it.

Alexandra Palace darts championship ballot: reading your result

The Alexandra Palace darts championship ballot was drawn session by session, so a result can be a split. The PDC’s own ballot Q&A, published on 7 August and carried in full by Darts World on 10 August, says success in one session “does not guarantee success in the other”: an applicant could receive tickets for both sessions, one, or neither. Up to six tickets per session across two sessions means a single applicant could have been charged for as many as 12 tickets. Checked again on 5 October 2026, the Palace’s listing has not changed since the results went out.

What that means in practice:

• Read the email, not just your bank statement. A payment shows you won something, but the email is the record of which session or sessions came through and how many seats.
• No payment and no email? Check the junk folder before anything else. The Palace says every applicant was contacted, win or lose.
• Entered twice to improve your odds? It did not work: the PDC says only your first application went into the draw.

Tickets were drawn at random within each seat category (tier, table, 501 Club). The PDC warned before the draw that Opening Night, the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final were expected to be the most popular sessions, and that ticking “Any Session” could improve your chances. Those were always the hardest sessions to win. Accessible tickets, with a free carer place, were drawn inside the same ballot, with proof of PIP or an equivalent award uploaded at application.

If you missed the ballot or lose the draw

As of 5 October, with every result sent, neither the Palace nor the PDC has announced a general sale, a returns queue or a second ballot. The Palace’s own warning stands, that tickets “may not be available after the ballot process concludes”.

That leaves three honest routes, in this order:

1. Check for the results email, sent 21 to 25 September, and your bank statement: a successful entry is charged automatically, so a payment can be the first sign you have won.
2. Resale through See Tickets Fan-to-Fan only. It is the one resale platform the PDC allows, and a ballot winner who cannot go has to list there.
3. Hospitality packages, sold by third-party agencies, which are priced as dining packages rather than at ballot face value.

Anything else offered for a named session before results go out is a seller who cannot yet know they have tickets.

The ballot, and the two dates on it

Both windows have now run; the general one closed on Monday 14 September. Three rules from the Palace’s own listing are worth reading before you apply.

• One ballot entry per person or member. Not one per session, one per person.
• Entering does not guarantee tickets. The Palace says demand “is expected to exceed available capacity”.
• Tickets may not be available at all afterwards. In its words, tickets “may not be available after the ballot process concludes”.

Everyone who applies is told the outcome by email in the week commencing Monday 21 September 2026, win or lose.

Why the room changed

This is the first year the darts is played in the Great Hall. Every previous Ally Pally championship since 2008 was staged in the West Hall, and last winter’s, which Luke Littler won on 3 January, was the last one held there.

The difference is the point of the move. The Great Hall takes over 5,200 spectators against the West Hall’s 3,200, and across the tournament the PDC has put a record 180,000 tickets into the ballot (Sky Sports, 6 August 2026). That is roughly 2,000 more people on the hill for every session, on every one of the 24 days, for a month.

The field is 128 players. There is the usual break from 24 to 27 December, and the tournament runs through New Year’s Eve to the final on the Sunday.

Session times and prices

One thing people ask about is still unpublished; the other is not.

The session times. The Palace’s listing carries a single line, “Doors open 19:00”, which is its default for an evening event and not a schedule for 24 days of darts. The session by session running order is not out. In past years the tournament has split into afternoon and evening sessions on most days, but treat that as the historic pattern rather than a 2026 fact until the PDC publishes the schedule.

The prices are published. The PDC confirmed the face values on 7 August 2026: tiered seating from £55, table seating from £75, and the 501 Club hospitality package from £399. The tournament is 36 sessions in total, with more than 5,000 seats per session, which the PDC says is over 40 per cent more tickets than before. The tiered seats in the Great Hall are new, with wider seats, more legroom and cup holders. If you search for darts tickets you will find figures in the £149 to £198 range on resale, hospitality and package sites. Those are well above face value, and any resale has to go through See Tickets Fan-to-Fan.

Living here for 24 days of it

There are no road closures. Haringey’s outdoor events report to its statutory advisory committees on 18 June 2026 covers the Summer Series, Kaleidoscope, Red Bull Soapbox and the Fireworks Festival, and sets out park closures, road closures and bus diversions for each (Alexandra Palace outdoor events, 18 June 2026). The darts is indoors and is not in it. No temporary traffic order has been made for it, and none was made last year either.

What does change is the crowd on the last mile. Alexandra Palace station sits at the Wood Green gate of the park, on Great Northern’s direct service from Moorgate through Highbury and Islington. Wood Green on the Piccadilly line is the nearest Tube. The W3 runs from Finsbury Park and Tottenham up to the ice rink and Palm Court entrances. All three funnel several thousand people up the same hill twice a day for a month.

Parking costs more at night, and that is the trap

The Palace’s car parks stay open for the darts. Its travel page says only that “our outdoor events typically require us to close our car parks”, and the darts is not an outdoor event.

But the tariff is not the one people remember.

The Paddocks is the overflow car park and it opens “for specific events only”, which is exactly what an evening darts session is. At £5 an hour from 5.30pm, a session that ends near 11pm is a £25 or £30 park. The main car parks charge the same rate “seven days a week, 365 days a year”, including bank holidays and including the days between Christmas and New Year (Alexandra Palace car parking). Blue Badge holders are not charged, but must scan the badge at the machine.

Payment is cashless, through the terminals on site or the ECP parkbuddy app, and you have 24 hours from leaving to pay before a penalty follows. The Palace cannot take card payments for parking over the phone.

If you are thinking of parking on the streets below instead, most of the surrounding area is inside a controlled parking zone, and the Muswell Hill zone runs Monday to Sunday. Our parking in Crouch End page has the zone hours and the tariffs.

What else is on up there at the same time

The darts overlaps with almost everything else the Palace does at Christmas. The ice rink runs alongside it, the theatre has a Christmas run, and the Fireworks and Drone Festival on 7 and 8 November comes first. Our Christmas at Ally Pally page has the skating prices and dates, and Crouch End Christmas shows covers the theatre and Jacksons Lane.

Before you travel on a darts night, check the Crouch End roadworks and travel page: the Palace has already warned that Piccadilly line upgrade work is disrupting services calling at Wood Green, and that strike action has taken the W3 off the road on a number of dates this autumn.

We will update this page when the PDC publishes the session schedule or announces any further sale.

Frequently asked questions

When does the Alexandra Palace darts championship ballot close?

It has already closed. The general ballot shut at 23:59 BST on Monday 14 September 2026, having opened at noon on Tuesday 8 September. The earlier PDCTV members’ ballot ran from 1 to 7 September.

Can I still enter the Ally Pally darts ballot?

No. Both ballot windows have closed, and as of 5 October no general sale or second ballot has been announced. Resale is only allowed through See Tickets Fan-to-Fan.

Can you win one darts session and lose the other?

Yes. The PDC says success in one session does not guarantee success in the other, so an applicant could get tickets for both sessions, one, or neither. The results email says which.

Can I change my darts ballot application?

No. Alexandra Palace says applications cannot be edited or cancelled once submitted, so the sessions you ranked stand.

When are the World Darts Championship ballot results out?

They are out. Alexandra Palace says all applicants, successful and unsuccessful, were notified by email between Monday 21 and Friday 25 September 2026.

I have not had a darts ballot email. Did I lose?

Not necessarily. Check your junk folder and your bank account: successful applicants have payment taken automatically from the card given with the application, so a charge can be the first sign you have won.

How much are Ally Pally darts tickets at face value?

The PDC’s prices for 2026/27 are tiered seating from £55, table seating from £75 and the 501 Club hospitality package from £399, across 36 sessions.

How many darts tickets can I apply for in the ballot?

Up to two sessions, with a maximum of six tickets per session, and one entry per person. You can rank your sessions or choose “Any Session”.

Will I be charged if I do not get tickets?

No. Card details are taken with the application, but only successful applicants have payment taken.

Can I buy Ally Pally darts tickets after the ballot?

The Palace warns tickets “may not be available after the ballot process concludes”. Any ticket that is resold must be listed on the official See Tickets Fan-to-Fan resale platform.

Sources

• Paddy Power World Darts Championship 2026/2027, Alexandra Palace for the 11 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 dates, the Great Hall, the 180,000 tickets, both ballot windows and their exact opening and closing times, the one entry per person rule, the “does not guarantee tickets” warning, the September email notification the “may not be available after the ballot process concludes” line, and (checked 11 September 2026) the two-session and six-tickets-per-session limits, the ranked or “Any Session” choice, the random draw, payment taken only from successful applicants, results in the week commencing 21 September, See Tickets Fan-to-Fan resale and the free carer ticket; checked again 17 September 2026 for the closed ballot and the rule that applications cannot be edited or cancelled.
• 2026/27 Paddy Power World Darts Championship ticket prices confirmed, PDC, 7 August 2026 and Ally Pally prices and details announced, Darts World, 10 August 2026 for the £55, £75 and £399 prices, the 36 sessions and the over 5,000 per session capacity. The Palace listing was checked again on 28 September and 5 October 2026 for the 21 to 25 September notification window and the absence of any general sale. The same Darts World piece carries the PDC’s ballot Q&A: split results across two sessions, only the first application counting, random allocation per seat category, the most popular sessions, and PIP proof for accessible tickets.
• PDC on X, 8 September 2026 for the general ballot opening and closing at 23:59 BST on Monday 14 September.
• World Darts Championship: 2026/27 dates confirmed for Alexandra Palace, Sky Sports, 6 August 2026 for the Great Hall holding over 5,200 against the previous 3,200 limit, the 128 player field, the 24 to 27 December break, and Alexandra Palace having hosted the championship since 2007.
• 2026 PDC World Darts Championship, Wikipedia for last winter’s edition running 11 December 2025 to 3 January 2026, being the 19th at Alexandra Palace and the last in the West Hall, and for Luke Littler as champion.
• Alexandra Palace outdoor events report to the Statutory Advisory and Consultative Committees, 18 June 2026 for the list of events that do generate park closures, road closures and bus diversions, which does not include the darts.
• Car parking, Alexandra Palace for the free first 30 minutes, the £2.20 an hour rate, the Paddocks at £5 an hour from 5.30pm to midnight and £2 an hour otherwise, the charges applying 365 days a year, the Blue Badge exemption, the cashless payment and parkbuddy app, and the 24 hour window to pay.
• How to get here, Alexandra Palace for Alexandra Palace station being at the Wood Green entrance with a direct Great Northern service from Moorgate through Highbury and Islington, Wood Green on the Piccadilly line, the W3 from Finsbury Park and Tottenham, the Piccadilly line upgrade disruption, the W3 strike dates, and the statement that outdoor events typically require the car parks to close.