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Dec, 2012 : ICANN opens ticket purchases for their new gTLD lottery
📅 - ICANN opens ticket purchases for their new gTLD lottery
ICANN opened loterry ticket sales for new gTLD applicants on the 12th December '12. Due to the lottery laws in California, the tickets have to purchased for $100 in person. Originally ICANN had proposed a digital archery system, where applicants would provide a target time and whoever clicked a link closest to their target time would be processed first, but decided to proceed with a lottery instead due to protests. Ticket sales end on December 17th at 11am PST.
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1766 tickets were sold, 92% of applications (1920 total)
First draw is for IDN applicants (108 out of 116 applications purchased tickets)
Second draw for non-IDN applicants The proceeds of $176,600 for the ticket sales will go to the following three charities:Kiva Microfunds Invenio Wikimedia Foundation The draw has not yet commenced, apparently due to a "power outage". Official reason is a "glitch"
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