US Darts Masters 2026 Predictions: Cool Hand to go back-to-back stateside
The World Series of Darts is moving across the pond this weekend, with 16 players looking to pick up the US Darts Masters title.
Of course, our resident darts tipster Sean Rafferty is back on board, so here are his US Darts Masters Betting Tips...
US Darts Masters 2026 Betting Tips
- 2.5 units Luke Humphries @ 4/1
*odds correct at time of publication
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History, Location and Format
The 2026 US Darts Masters is the fourth of six events on the World Series of Darts, ahead of the finals in Amsterdam later this year.
The event is once again being held at the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States and runs from 25th to 26th of June. It will be aired on ITV4 in the UK.
The 16 strong field features eight PDC representatives and eight regional qualifiers.
The defending champion is Luke Humphries, who defeated Nathan Aspinall 8-6 in the 2025 final.
Prize Money
There is a prize fund of £100,000 on offer to the 16 participants, with £30,000 going to the winner.
| Finishing Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Winner | £30,000 |
| Runner-up | £16,000 |
| Semi-Finalists | £10,000 |
| Quarter-Finalist | £5,000 |
| Last 16 | £1,750 |
2.5 units Luke Humphries @ 4/1
This is the first we’ve seen of Humphries since the previous World Series event in Copenhagen. We backed him at that and he done enough to justify backing him again this weekend - it was a pretty agonising defeat for him in Denmark, as he lost out 8-7 in the final to Michael Van Gerwen, despite being nicely positioned at times to win that match. The performance levels were good again though and there’s plenty to be encouraged about.
Cool Hand has averaged 100+ in 17 of his last 21 matches, a massively impressive run of form for any player but he definitely seems to be hitting the ground running as we’re now less than one month away from the World Matchplay, now is the perfect time to be finding your best stuff.
Luke won this event last year, despite not averaging above 100 in any of his four matches. I remember him getting really dialled in for this event specifically though and having not played for several weeks now, this has a similar feel to it. Littler being in the opposite half of the draw is always a bonus as I can’t see anybody else beating Humphries just now unless they produce a top drawer performance.
At 4/1, Humphries feels like a safe but very sensible outright bet just now, considering he’s made the final of the last three events he’s played in.
Odds correct at time of publishing.
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