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The Beijing Olympics committee has replaced the director of its
ticketing operations in the fallout of a fiasco last month, when the
Olympics ticketing system crashed after kicking off a critical second
phase of sales.
Domestic Olympics ticket sales will resume again on Dec. 10 in the
form of a lottery to prevent a repeat of the crash that occurred on
Oct. 30, Beijing Olympics officials said.
The original system, through which China residents could buy tickets
online or at designated Bank of China branches on a
first-come-first-serve basis, buckled under heavy traffic when millions
of ticket buyers tried to access the site all at once.
Zhu Yan, the new director, declined to say whether his predecessor, Rong Jun, was fired for mishandling the October sale.
He said the committee has reduced the maximum number of tickets
individuals can buy from 50 to eight, or a maximum of four tickets to
two different events.
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