Glasgow 2014 said this was not "a lucky dip" and tickets would only be allocated for the events requested.

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Mr Traykov, who always plays the lucky dip, said he will not be moving away from Ilford, where he first came to live in 1995.

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Germany, for instance, will be lucky to avoid a double-dip recession this year.

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