Beat Luke Littler LIVE: Latest updates as 24 hopefuls aim to scoop £501,000 in Manchester

Luke Littler is facing one of the most unique challenges of his darts career as 24 hopefuls aim to beat him at a single leg of darts -- and you can follow along with ESPN.

The list of contestants features Fallon Sherrock, who has played at the PDC World Championship, and Mitchell Lawrie -- the 15-year-old who is ranked No. 1 by the World Darts Federation (WDF).

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Littler, Netflix and the PDC announced the first-of-its-kind event in July, calling on competitors "brave enough to step up" to test their skills against the 19-year-old double world champion.

The rules of the contest are simple: if one of the finalists wins a leg of darts against Littler, they will take home £501,000. If they lose the leg to Littler, they go home with nothing.

Littler will have to win every leg in order to survive, with the game ending if one of his opponents checks out before him.

He will face the entrants one after the other and the competition will be stopped if he is beaten -- whether that is against the first opponent or the 24th.

The order of the line-up is likely to be in an approximate ascending order of talent, so the likes of Sherrock and Lawrie will appear near the end if it gets that far.

The £501,000 prize is the second-highest single payout in darts, behind the £1 million prize for the World Championship winner, so Littler knows there is plenty at stake.

"I've got to be prepared for everyone. Obviously I don't want anyone to win. But if they do, then it's life-changing for them," Littler said.

"Anything can happen, and I'll be feeling a bit nervous."