Even as the Bouvet Island 3YØK team begins packing and shipping their equipment and other supplies for next year's DXpedition, the team has called off its plans for a lottery to help raise funds. Organizers announced on the team website that the cancellation is the result of [quote] "legal issues brought to the team's notice." [endquote] The announcement did not offer any specifics.

Preparedness workshop and other activities still lay ahead for the operators well in advance of their scheduled departure date from Cape Town, South Africa on the 1st of next February. The 21-day DXpedition has a budget in excess of $1.6 million in US currency and had hoped the lottery would help cover expenses. The announcement of its cancellation included assurances that all tickets already purchased will be fully refunded through PayPal.