LANSING, Mich — A pair of bills aimed at regulating ticket sales for entertainment venues passed the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday with near unanimous support from both parties. House ...

A big concert means a big ticket price these days. Last year, the average cost for a concert was $135.92, according to Pollstar. In 2019 it was $91.86. And in 1996 the average ticket price would set ...

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, ...

On March 31, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO 14254) titled “Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market.” EO 14254 directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to, ...

Ticket brokers—often known as ticket flippers or scalpers—have long been a visible force in the ecosystem of live events. These individuals operate at the intersection of demand and scarcity, taking ...

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 ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills, better known as the "Taylor Swift bills," that aim to prevent bots from buying large numbers of concert tickets. Senate Bill 158, sponsored by Sen.

Digital Music News launched a deep-dive investigation into the secretive world of ticket flipping, pulling back the curtain on the technology-driven operations that dominate today’s secondary ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — It was the season of Swift from 2023 to 2024, as the Eras Tour attracted Taylor Swift fans from around the globe. But, at first, whether Swifties could make it out of the woods ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — Barely a week after the Cheyenne Frontier Days concert lineup was announced, tickets were set to go on sale, but ...

The odds, says one industry insider, are stacked in favour of the bot, with the software (which is openly advertised for sale online) set up to automatically access multiple browsers in the time any ...