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The US Federal Trade Commission and seven states accused Live Nation and its ticketing arm Ticketmaster of costing fans millions of dollars by tacitly allowing ticket brokers to scoop concert tickets and sell them to at a significant markup, the agency said on Thursday. The lawsuit deepens Ticketmaster’s legal woes, which began after its botched 2022 sale of tickets to …

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, over what it called “illegal” ticket resale tactics. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in California. Seven states joined in the lawsuit, including Florida, Illinois and Virginia. In the filing, the FTC wrote that the companies “tacitly worked” with scalpers, allowing them to …