More than 40, 000 retailers have signed up to sell tickets, which is believed to be about 12, 000 more than the National Lottery has.

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"I went to Las Vegas for a holiday, took two signed Kilmarnock tops and managed to buy meet and greet tickets and get her to sign them and told her a little about Paper Roses being our song and she's been following us ever since, " he said.

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"On Sunday evening, Ticketmaster experienced a technical error that inadvertently caused an e-mail to go out ahead of schedule to people who had signed up for Inaugural ticketing information with an invitation to purchase public tickets for The Inaugural Ball and the Inaugural Parade, " the spokesperson said.

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The current blackout policy dates back to 1973 when President Nixon signed a law into effect that prevented owners from blacking out games unless tickets remained 72 hours prior to the game.

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Meanwhile, Davis made bad moves in Oakland, where the Raiders have one of the worst stadium deals in the NFL. In 1995 he signed a contract with Oakland-Alameda Coliseum that lasts until 2011, giving up the right to sell his own tickets and market the team until this year.

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