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SEPTA Announces Lottery For Papal Passes

SEPTA announced the lottery more than a week after the failure of a website created to sell the passes.

SEPTA has announced a lottery for Regional Rail passes during the pope’s visit to Philadelphia in September.

Tuesday’s announcement comes more than a week after the failure of a websitecreated to sell the passes, needed for all Regional Rail travel on Sept. 26 and 27.

Registration for the 24-hour online lottery will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, August 3rd, SEPTA said.

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Starting Aug. 3, there will be a link on the SEPTA website taking visitors to the lottery form, 6ABC reported.

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