Live 8 text lottery sets world record

More than two million text entries have been sent in the competition to win tickets for the London leg of Live 8.

Mon, 13 Jun, 2005 - 15:59

More than two million text entries have been sent in the competition to win tickets for the London leg of Live 8.

The ticket procedure has earned a place in the Guinness World Records as the world's largest text message lottery. The winners of the 75,000 pairs of tickets will be drawn at random by computer and notified by text before Thursday.

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