The ticketing center of Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games (BOCOG), which had its computer system collapse under the load of tickets applications, says it is now going to those applications priority.

It means that the center will firstly deal process applications from people who registered authentic ID information at any Bank of China outlets or the Ticketing Call Center on October 30th.

According to a statement released by the BOCOG, The Bank of China outlets and the Ticketing Call Center will contact every individual who on October 30th registered with valid ID information and contact numbers.

These applicants can submit ticket applications and payments by 5 p.m. on November 30, rather than waiting for a random draw.

Only 43,000 tickets were sold before the computer crashed.

Olympic ticket sales will resume next month and tickets will be allocated by a random draw after those who had registered have first try. The first batch of 1.6 million tickets were allocated by lottery earlier this year.

A total of seven million tickets for the Aug. 8-24 Games are available to the general public with nearly three quarters reserved for domestic sales.
Source: China View