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FTC accuses Live Nation and Ticketmaster of illegally reselling event tickets

FTC accuses Live Nation and Ticketmaster of illegally reselling event tickets

The Federal Trade Commission and state prosecutors on Thursday filed a joint lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster accusing the event services of allowing brokers to scoop up event tickets and resell them at inflated prices, costing consumers billions of dollars.  In a legal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the regulatory agency …

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‘Bad actors’ are stealing, reselling fan tickets swiped from MLB’s Ballpark app, MLB acknowledges

‘Bad actors’ are stealing, reselling fan tickets swiped from MLB’s Ballpark app, MLB acknowledges

Some Major League Baseball fans have arrived at ballparks this month to find their digital tickets have not only disappeared, but have been resold on popular platforms such as SeatGeek and StubHub. In a statement acknowledging the problem to The Athletic, the league said that “bad actors” have been able to access fans’ tickets on a platform used by all …

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Ubisoft seemingly bulked out Assassin’s Creed games to delay people reselling

Ubisoft seemingly bulked out Assassin’s Creed games to delay people reselling

Assassin’s Creed is a long-running franchise which still generates lots of sales with the latest game Shadows being a critical and commercial success. The games have become a lot bigger and have added in RPG-like elements compared to older games on the series which started out life on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Former Ubisoft director Alex Hutchinson has …

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‘The Odyssey’ Early Tickets Sold Out, Scalpers Reselling at $200+

‘The Odyssey’ Early Tickets Sold Out, Scalpers Reselling at 0+

Julian Flores is determined to watch “The Odyssey” in Imax 70mm, exactly as director Christopher Nolan intends for it to be seen — even if that means buying tickets for opening weekend 12 months in advance. But Flores, a 24-year-old employee of Universal Studios living in Burbank, knew that the competition for seats would be fierce. Instead of logging on …

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