All posts belonging to the Scalping tag can be found in the list below.
An Irish politician is hoping to halt an anti-touting bill in order to protect jobs at the controversial resale firm Viagogo. Viagogo has an office in Castletroy, Limerick, where 150 staff are curr...
Tags: Anti-Touting, Ireland, jobs, Legislation, Resale, Scalping, ViagogoTouts are still rife at the 2018 FIFA World Cup despite the governing body claiming a no-tolerance policy on illegal reselling of tickets. According to the Associated Press news agency, scalpers ha...
Tags: Fifa, moscow, Russia, Scalping, ticket office, Touts, World CupNew legislation in the Australian state of Victoria will introduce ‘ticket cops’ to clamp down on touts. The group will be given the jurisdiction to go after controversial secondary platforms a...
Tags: Australia, Law, Legislation, Music, Scalping, sports, Task Force, Ticket Cops, Touting, VictoriaOnline ticketing platforms in Italy will be forced to prove to the Inland Revenue that they are ‘bot proof’ in new secondary ticketing rules. Under the Decree of the Ministry of the Economy of ...
Tags: Bots, Italy, Legislation, Resale, Scalping, Secondary, SIAEThe Toronto Blue Jays have come under fire from fans after it was revealed they and other Major League Baseball teams are profiting from ticket resale. According to a CBC and Toronto Star investiga...
Tags: Baseball, Blue Jays, Major League Baseball, MLB, Resale, Scalping, Secondary, Toronto Blue Jays, ToutsBritish Columbia (BC) is considering legislation to tackle touting and price inflation on music and sport tickets. Solicitor general Mike Farnworth said his staff in the Canadian province are looki...
Tags: Bill, Bots, British Colombia, Canada, Law, Legislation, Scalping, ToutThe UK authorities face a series of challenges in taking enforcement action against secondary ticketing sites that flout consumer law, according to a legal expert. The Competition and Markets A...
Tags: CMA, Consumer, Enforcement, Fine, Law, Legal, Scalping, ToutingOrganisers of hip-hop musical Hamilton in London’s West End have praised its ticketing system as “catching absolutely everyone,” with regards to touts. The musical, which officially opens to...
Tags: Face Value, Hamilton, Resale, Scalping, Theatre, Ticketmaster, Touts, West EndJuventus president Andrea Agnelli has seen his suspension lifted after being handed a one-year ban from football for his role in a ticket scalping scandal. The Italian Serie A football club’s hea...
Tags: Agnelli, Ban, FIGC, Italy, Juventus, Scalping, Serie A, Touting, UltrasSocial media users have rounded on a tout who claimed to have funded a family holiday by selling Peter Kay tickets at a huge profit and then pocketing the refund when the comedian’s tour was cancell...
Tags: Cancellation, Comedy, Peter Kay, Refund, Scalping, Tout, Twitter
