Jackson ticket site gets 500 mn hits in 1 hour

LOS ANGELES, USA: Organizers of Michael Jackson's memorial said on Sunday that the website created for Michael Jackson's fans to register for the Tuesday memorial service received more than 500 million hits within an hour of its launch.

Jackson's Public Memorial Service is set to take place at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. The organizers had offered a limited number of free tickets for Michael Jackson's fans to attend the function. Within one hour of the announcement the site received more than 500 million hits.

The website was set up to prevent duplicate registrations from being accepted for the massive ceremony, a news release from the Jackson family said.

The organizers are planning to distribute 17,500 free tickets to the fans and the names will be determined based on a draw.

The draw will select 8,750 names, and those people will receive two tickets each and wristbands on Monday.