Wright will begin his title defence on Thursday, December 15th by playing the winner of the tournament opener between Mickey Mansell and Ben Robb in the second round.
On day two, Adrian Lewis and Alan Soutar play, while newly-crowned Grand Slam of Darts champion Michael Smith faces the winner of Jermaine Wattimena v Nathan Rafferty.
Teenage sensation Beau Greaves is set to make her debut during the evening session against William O'Connor with Lisa Ashton playing Ryan Meikle for a meeting Raymond van Barneveld.
Gerwyn Price, the world No. 1, begins his tournament on December 19th and will play either of Luke Woodhouse or Vladyslav Omelchenko.
Three-time winner Michael van Gerwen sets off two days later against the winner of Niels Zonneveld v Lewy Williams, while Joe Cullen is set for an intriguing tie against Ricky Evans or Fallon Sherrock, who was awarded a late spot in the tournament.
Full Schedule of Play
Thursday, December 15th (7pm)
Mickey Mansell v Ben Robb
Keane Barry v Grant Sampson
Jermaine Wattimena v Nathan Rafferty
Peter Wright v Mansell or Robb (R2)
Friday, December 16th
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alan Soutar v Mal Cuming
Boris Krcmar v Toru Suzuki
Adrian Lewis v Daniel Larsson
Kim Huybrechts v Barry or Sampson (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)
Rowby-John Rodriguez v Lourence Ilagan
William O'Connor v Beau Greaves
Keegan Brown v Florian Hempel
Michael Smith v Wattimena or Rafferty (R2)
Saturday, December 17th
Afternoon Session (11am)
Martin Lukeman v Nobuhiro Yamamoto
Simon Whitlock v Christian Perez
Adam Gawlas v Richie Burnett
Daryl Gurney v Soutar or Cuming (R2)
Evening Session (8pm)
Ryan Meikle vs Lisa Ashton
Cameron Menzies vs Diogo Portela
Josh Rock vs Jose Justicia
Dimitri Van den Bergh vs Rodriguez or Ilagan (R2)
Sunday, December 18th
Afternoon Session (11am)
Madars Razma v Prakash Jiwa
Karel Sedlacek v Raymond Smith
Luke Woodhouse v Vladyslav Omelchenko
Damon Heta v Lewis or Larsson (R2)
Evening Session (8pm)
Mike De Decker v Jeff Smith
Scott Williams v Ryan Joyce
Matt Campbell v Danny Baggish
Nathan Aspinall v Krcmar or Suzuki (R2)
Monday, December 19th
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Andrew Gilding v Robert Owen
Danny Jansen v Paolo Nebrida
Niels Zonneveld v Lewy Williams
Jose de Sousa v Whitlock or Perez (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)
Geert Nentjes v Leonard Gates
Ritchie Edhouse v David Cameron
Steve Beaton v Danny van Trijp
Gerwyn Price v Woodhouse or Omelchenko (R2)
Tuesday, December 20th (7pm)
Jim Williams v Sebastian Bialecki
Jamie Hughes v Jimmy Hendriks
Ricky Evans v Fallon Sherrock
Raymond van Barneveld v Meikle or Ashton (R2)
Wednesday, December 21st
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
John O'Shea v Darius Labanauskas
Martijn Kleermaker v Xicheng Han
Callan Rydz v Rock or Justicia (R2)
Dave Chisnall v Gilding or Owen (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)
Mervyn King v Campbell or Baggish (R2)
Gabriel Clemens v O'Connor or Greaves (R2)
Michael van Gerwen v Zonneveld or L. Williams (R2)
Stephen Bunting v Nentjes or Gates (R2)
Thursday, December 22nd
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Krzysztof Ratajski v Jansen or Nebrida (R2)
Ryan Searle v Gawlas or Burnett (R2)
Mensur Suljovic v De Decker or J. Smith (R2)
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Sedlacek or R. Smith (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)
Gary Anderson v Razma or Jiwa (R2)
James Wade v J. Williams or Bialecki (R2)
Luke Humphries v Brown or Hempel (R2)
Vincent van der Voort v Menzies or Portela (R2)
Friday, December 23rd
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Brendan Dolan v Hughes or Hendriks (R2)
Chris Dobey v Kleermaker or Han (R2)
Ross Smith v O'Shea or Labanauskas (R2)
Rob Cross v S. Williams or Joyce (R2)
Evening Session (7pm)
Martin Schindler v Lukeman or Yamamoto (R2)
Danny Noppert v Edhouse or Cameron (R2)
Jonny Clayton v Beaton or Van Trijp (R2)
Joe Cullen v Evans or Sherrock (R2)
