But once they have applied many are experiencing a black shadow of buyer remorse. For having committed large sums of money for the tickets, many are now hoping that they aren't entirely successful.
People who have applied for the opening ceremony, and finals to the track cycling, swimming and track and field mens 100m finals sessions will certainly find themselves in a ballot situation, while orders for football preliminaries, hockey, handball and basketball are relatively slow.
London 2012 Olympic Games chief executive Paul Deighton says the sky is the limit based on buying patterns he is witnessing on this final day of ballot sales, with orders spread across the sports and some high value ticket orders.
''In the last week we have been getting three or four times the applications above and beyond what was coming in for the previous five weeks - and the sky's the limit based on the pattern that I am seeing at the moment," he said.
"I think that a lot of people are ordering quite a number of tickets. Families seem to be ordering so they can go together."
Many people are chancing the fact that there will be extensive demand for the hugely popular opening and closing ceremonies, the swimming, cycling and track and field events and so have been ordering more than they hope to secure.
On twitter there has been a constant stream of commentary about people ordering beyond what they actually want because they fear the odds of securing any tickets is so slim.
On Twitter, maxrushden said: ''If I get all the olympics tickets I've applied for, I will have to sell my flat.''
Mindset_Match pleaded to her followers: ''Can you all please apply for Olympic tickets so I don't win ALL the ones applied for and end up bankrupt...?''
Organisers will take money for successfully allocated orders from Visa accounts as early as May 10 but people may not be told the full details of their successful orders until June 24.
Deighton said the London 2012 computer website had withstood the last minute high demand well.
People who have applied for the opening ceremony, and finals to the track cycling, swimming and track and field mens 100m finals sessions will certainly find themselves in a ballot situation, while orders for football preliminaries, hockey, handball and basketball are relatively slow.
London 2012 Olympic Games chief executive Paul Deighton says the sky is the limit based on buying patterns he is witnessing on this final day of ballot sales, with orders spread across the sports and some high value ticket orders.
''In the last week we have been getting three or four times the applications above and beyond what was coming in for the previous five weeks - and the sky's the limit based on the pattern that I am seeing at the moment," he said.
"I think that a lot of people are ordering quite a number of tickets. Families seem to be ordering so they can go together."
Many people are chancing the fact that there will be extensive demand for the hugely popular opening and closing ceremonies, the swimming, cycling and track and field events and so have been ordering more than they hope to secure.
On twitter there has been a constant stream of commentary about people ordering beyond what they actually want because they fear the odds of securing any tickets is so slim.
On Twitter, maxrushden said: ''If I get all the olympics tickets I've applied for, I will have to sell my flat.''
Mindset_Match pleaded to her followers: ''Can you all please apply for Olympic tickets so I don't win ALL the ones applied for and end up bankrupt...?''
Deighton said the London 2012 computer website had withstood the last minute high demand well.
