Olympics: Games organizers open 2nd-chance lottery for Japan residents

Those who were not among the lucky 960,000 who were allocated tickets to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the first domestic lottery in May will get another shot in the second-chance draw which opened early Thursday.The registration period runs until 11:59 a.m. on Aug. 19, and winners will be announced on Sept. 11, the organizers said. The second-chance lottery is only open to the approximately 4.16 million residents of Japan who were unsuccessful in the initial draw.While heavy traffic to the official website slowed the online application process when organizers launched the lottery for the firs…READ FULL ARTICLE