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Ticketmaster Claims New Rules Will Limit Scalpers As It Faces FTC Lawsuit

Ticketmaster Claims New Rules Will Limit Scalpers As It Faces FTC Lawsuit
business10/20/2025

Ticketmaster, the online ticketing platform accused by the Federal Trade Commission of jacking up ticket resale prices, announced changes to its ticket sale practices in a letter to Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M.

Topline Ticketmaster said it would bar users and ticket brokers from making multiple accounts, require resellers to use taxpayer ID verification and deploy AI tools for “faster assessment and cancellation of bot-purchased tickets” amid a Federal Trad... [2030 chars]