Taylor Swift tickets: Ticketek reveals ‘queue’ is a lottery as Australian general sales to open Friday

Allocations are not on first come, first served basis but at random once users are in waiting lounge', says company selling Eras tour 2024 tickets

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As Swifties across Australia prepare for another round of Hunger Games on Friday in a bid to secure tickets to Taylor Swift's Sydney and Melbourne shows, Ticketek has admitted its booking system isn't actually a queue but more like a lottery.

When presale tickets went on sale for the Eras tour earlier this week, they sold out in a matter of hours after 4 million users vied to secure the 450,000-odd tickets up for sale.

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