PARIS (AP) — Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games say they will soon launch a unique new system: a public online lottery starting Dec. 1 to allocate tickets around the world.
Officials revealed the details at a press conference on Monday, explaining that the ticket raffle would be open to everyone in stages from Thursday through January 31, 2023. Some 10 million tickets will be made available for the games. and 3.4 million for the Paralympic Games. on the online platform.
“For the first time in Olympic history, tickets will be sold exclusively on a single, centralized, digital platform that will be open to all fans at the same time,” a statement from the organizers said.
Lucky ticket winners will be able to purchase their tickets effectively starting the month after the draw closes, in February of next year.
Just under half of the tickets are €50 ($52) or less, with packages of three sessions starting at €72 ($75).
There was a different system in previous Olympics, where members of the public reserved tickets and then waited for a draw that they might not even be successful at. The Paris system involves a random draw at the beginning of the process.
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