Third chance to get Olympic tickets (From News Shopper)

Third chance to get Olympic tickets

10:11am Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in Bexley © Press Association and news reporter

PEOPLE who missed out on Olympic tickets in the first two rounds are to get an exclusive 24-hour chance to buy when sales reopen in April.

London 2012 claims it is trying to keep a pledge to make the frustrated 1.2 million people who were empty-handed from last year's sale a priority.

More than a million tickets are set to become available from April.

A London 2012 spokesman said: "Within that 1.2 million, 20,000 people applied for tickets in the first public sale and missed out, then applied again in the second round and received an email from us saying they were again unsuccessful.

"They are clearly among our biggest fans and will have a 24-hour priority window ahead of the five-day sale to the remaining 1.2 million people."

Around 1.2 million people, or two-thirds of applicants, ended up empty-handed after the first round of ticket sales.