A local resident shows his newly bought Olympic tickets at a Bank of China branch in Fuyang, east China's Anhui Province, May 5, 2008. Unlike in the past two sales, the ticketing center gave up the lottery-allocation system and re-adopted the first-come, first-serve scheme to decide who gets tickets. The sales will run from May 5 until June 9, and a total of 1.38 million tickets will be issued to individual buyers. (Xinhua) |