Sean Allen, a spokesman for the Palace Theatre, said third-party websites that masquerade as legitimate brokers often dupe customers to purchase tickets from them. That has contributed to customers ...

As someone who often tries (and fails) to buy tickets to various shows and hosts ticketed events myself, I know how broken America’s ticket industry is. If you’ve ever tried to buy a ticket to see ...

The FTC Better Online Ticket Sales Act (“BOTS Act” or the “Act”)) prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological control measure used online by a ...

Lansing — Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday introduced bills to crack down on the use of automated software programs snarling concert ticket sales and driving up prices for big name performers. The ...

Bills to outlaw the use of computer bots to buy event tickets passed in the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday. Ticket bots gained extra attention a few years ago when scammers used them to buy ...

Michigan bills to further prevent the use of ticket-buying bots received a House committee hearing Wednesday. Ticket bots are often used to snatch up event tickets by getting around purchase limits, ...

CAPITAL REGION -- Sen. Chuck Schumer is pushing for legislation to crack down on the use of ticket bots. The programs are used to scoop up thousands of theater and concert tickets, which are then ...

A package of Michigan House bills is working its way through Lansing to prevent bots from grabbing online event tickets and reselling them for a higher value. The so-called "Taylor Swift" bills are a ...

When the band Oasis announced their reunion tour in early 2025, millions of fans rushed to secure tickets—only to have their dreams crushed by cancellations, inflated prices, and scams. Oasis fans ...

"We are committed to ending the scandal of ticket touts," Housing Minister Steven Reed told BBC News, saying that ministers ...