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London organizers say there has been a big surge in applications going into the final hours of ticket sales for the 2012 Olympics.
The six-week phase to apply for the 6.6 million tickets closes Tuesday at 11.59pm in Britain.
On sale are tickets for 650 sessions across 26 sports. Prices range from 20 pounds ($33) to 2,012 pounds ($3,320).
London organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe says there was a “massive surge” in applications over the weekend. He says customers applying on Tuesday stand as good a chance as those who applied on the first day.
Oversubscribed events will be decided by an automated ballot or lottery system.
Coe says tickets for the opening ceremony and 100-meter final are among the highest in demand.
