The annual New York City Marathon lottery to fill the starting field for this year's 33rd running of the five-borough race on Sunday Nov. 3 is scheduled for Thursday June 27 it was announced today by New York Road Runner officials.

The ceremonial drawing of the first 10 names in the lottery by race director Allan Steinfeld and other celebrities will take place outdoors at Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan at 1:00. The public is invited to attend. Nearly 70,000 applications have been received for this year's race.

Complete results of the lottery drawing will be posted on Friday June 28 at the NYC Marathon website at www.nycmarathon.org.