LOS ANGELES , California ( CNN ) -- Some lucky Michael Jackson fans got the e-mails they were hoping for Sunday , saying they 've won two free tickets to Tuesday 's memorial service . Some memorial tickets went out to `` friends and family '' on Sunday . `` OMG OMG OMG OMG i got tickets to the michael jackson memorial service ! ! ! '' Deka Motanya wrote Sunday afternoon in a Twitter message . The 8,750 fans chosen were summoned to Dodger Stadium Monday to pick up their tickets and have a wristband placed on their arms to prevent them from reselling them . The Michael Jackson memorial , set for 10 a.m. ( 1 p.m . ET ) Tuesday in the Staples Center arena , is expected to be a star-studded and emotional tribute to the entertainer , who died June 25 . Twitter.com served as a seismograph Sunday as fans anxiously watched their inboxes for an e-mail from AEG Live , the memorial organizer and Staples Center owner . More than five hours after the notifications were to be sent , none had been received . `` Come on and let me know , Staples ... did I win tickets to Michael Jackson 's memorial ? '' read one tweet posted at 3 p.m. , four hours after the e-mails were supposed to start flowing . One woman wrote she `` is checking her e-mail anxiously to see if she got tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial at the Staples Center . '' Just before 5 p.m. ( 8 p.m . ET ) , Twitter erupted with messages of excitement : . `` I won the Michael Jackson tickets for Tuesday ! ! ! ! Heading to LA tmrw ! ! ! ! '' read one tweet that linked to a photo of an iPhone screen with the e-mail . Watch reporters prepare for Tuesday 's service » . `` Apparently my dad 's friend who hates Michael Jackson , may have won tickets tu the memorial service ... Step-mom 's freaking out.. ! '' Other messages came from disappointed fans who did not get the e-mails : . `` I guess i didnt make the drawing to win tickets to Michael Jackson Memorial ! ! ! go figure , I 'm sadden and hurt : - ( `` The odds of winning the tickets were long -- just one of every 182 were chosen . Organizers used a computer to choose 8,750 names from 1.6 million who registered online since Friday . Motanya , 27 , works in a doctor 's office in San Francisco , California . She scrambled Sunday night to line up plane tickets so she and her boyfriend could fly to Los Angeles Monday to claim her tickets . `` Oh yeah , I 'm going , '' she told CNN . `` I 'm e-mailing my boss saying I 've got to leave early because I 'm going to L.A. '' Each winner gets two tickets , bringing the number awarded in the lottery to 17,500 . Just 11,000 of those are for seats inside the Staples Center , while the other 6,500 are for viewing the memorial telecast across the street at the Nokia Theater . iReport.com : `` Surreal journey '' to get tickets . Winner must meet other requirements `` in order to avoid the reselling of tickets , '' according to a news release from the Jackson family . The notification gives them a secret code and instructions to appear at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday to claim their tickets . Along with their tickets , they will get the wristbands `` one of which will be placed on their wrist at that time , '' the family statement said . `` Fans attending the memorial service must have both a valid ticket AND a wristband , '' the Jackson family statement said . `` Wristbands that have been ripped , taped or otherwise mutilated will be void . '' The Jackson family set aside 9,000 Staples Center seats to give out to people they choose , according to organizers . Some people were seen picking up those `` friends and family '' tickets at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon . Two wristbands , one blue and one gold , were given out with each ticket . Ticketholders were instructed that they must wear the wristbands to validate their tickets . Police have said no one will be allowed near the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles without tickets or media credentials .
Just before 8 pm ( 8 p.m . ET ) , Twitter erupted with messages of excitement . Each winner received two tickets , bringing the number awarded in the lottery to 17,500 . The odds of winning the tickets were long -- just one of every 182 were won . Police : No one will be allowed near memorial without tickets or police credentials .