All posts belonging to the Scalpers tag can be found in the list below.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been given major event status, giving the event an increased protection against scalping. Under Victorian law, sporting competitions and festivals labell...
Tags: Comedy, Legal, Major Event, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Scalpers, ToutsJared Smith, president of Ticketmaster, has responded to a letter that was sent by two US senators concerning the recent scandal over the ticketing giant’s TradeDesk platform. US senators Jerry Mor...
Tags: Bots, Data, Scalpers, Senators, Technology, Ticketmaster, TradeDeskSix ticket resellers have been charged with money laundering and breaches of consumer law by the National Trading Standards in a landmark prosecution that could heavily impact touts. The defendants a...
Tags: National Trading Standards, Resale, Scalpers, Secondary, Touts, ViagogoMore than 3,500 Chinese football fans have fallen victim to touts selling fake FIFA 2018 World Cup tickets. Around 10,000 counterfeit tickets have been sold globally for Russia 2018, with more than a...
Tags: China, Counterfeit, Fifa World Cup, Russia 2018, Scalpers, Touts, World CupHong Kong’s city leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she is looking to crack down on the secondary ticketing market by making scalping illegal at government-run venues. Following fan outrage a...
Tags: Dayo Wong, Hong Kong, illegal, Lam, Law, Legislation, Scalpers, ToutsConcerns about the increasing quality of counterfeit tickets have been raised after fans were left unable to gain entry to last night’s Super Bowl in Minneapolis. USA Today Sports ran a feature f...
Tags: Counterfeit, Eagles, Fake, Patriots, Quality of Counterfeits, Scalpers, Super Bowl, Touts, U.S. Bank StadiumA quarter of Australian Open tickets sold by Viagogo have been ruled to be invalid due to being sold multiple times or as child tickets. In the wake of tennis fans being turned away from the Grand ...
Tags: Australian Open, CHOICE, Melbourne Park, Scalpers, Secondary Market, tennis, Tennis Australia, Touts, ViagogoEngland football fans face paying 34 times face value prices on secondary ticket sites to see their country play at this year’s FIFA World Cup. Organisers said that football fans from all over th...
Tags: 2018 Russia, England, Fifa, Fifa World Cup, inflated prices, Scalpers, Secondary Market, Touts, World CupThe UK government has assured young music fans that legislation designed to outlaw ticket bots is just part of a range of measures designed to prevent scalpers from inflating prices. Matt Hancock, ...
Tags: Bots, Cap, Legislation, Music, Price, ScalpersInvestigators in the Australian state of Victoria will be allowed to issue fines and seize tickets from suspected scalpers if legislation introduced in state parliament today (Thursday) aimed at tackl...
Tags: Australia, Fines, Investigators, Legislation, Major Events Act, Scalpers, Ticket Officers, Touts, Victoria
