New York AG Tackles Ticket Bots
The New York Attorney General won a $2.76 million settlement against companies that used illegal bots to buy large numbers of tickets online and then resell them on popular ticket resale websites. The settlement amount includes disgorged profits and penalties,…
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a news release Wednesday. Six companies -- All Events of Utah, A2Z Tix of New York, Charm City Entertainment of Florida, Flying Falco Entertainment of California, Just In Time Tickets of New York and TicketToad.com of New Jersey -- illegally sold tickets to events in New York over the past several years without first obtaining the required license, the AG said. All of the companies except Charm City also violated New York’s ticket laws by using illegal software, known as ticket bots, to buy large numbers of tickets on websites such as Ticketmaster.com before the tickets could be obtained by consumers, the AG said. “Our office has zero tolerance for ticket resellers that use illegal bots to scoop up large numbers of tickets for popular events before consumers can obtain them, and then resell those tickets to those very same consumers at a large markup,” Schneiderman said.