4 Million Apply for Tickets for Paris Olympics in Lottery

A display of the Olympic rings is set up on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris on Sept. 13, 2017. Francois Mori/AP Photo

PARIS—Four million applications were received for an online lottery where winners get to buy tickets for next year’s Paris Olympics, the local organizing committee said Friday.

They hope to sell 1.3 million tickets for the 2024 Games as a result of the latest draw.