{"id":13846,"date":"2016-05-21T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/call-for-ticket-touting-to-be-criminalised\/"},"modified":"2016-05-21T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:02:27","slug":"call-for-ticket-touting-to-be-criminalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/call-for-ticket-touting-to-be-criminalised\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for ticket touting to be criminalised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a growing outcry over vastly inflated gig prices as the government prepares to publish its review of the secondary-ticketing marketSome of the music industry\u2019s leading players are demanding that ticket touting be made a criminal offence for all UK concerts, plays and sporting events, Guardian Money can reveal.The calls for ministers to take action come on the eve of the publication of a government-commissioned review of the secondary ticket market, which is dominated by four players: Seatwave, Viagogo, Get Me In and StubHub. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/may\/21\/ticket-tout-criminalised-inflated-prices-secondary-ticketing\" target=\"_blank\">Call for ticket touting to be criminalised<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; There\u2019s a growing outcry over vastly inflated gig prices as the government prepares to publish&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-3Bk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":74468,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/four-people-arrested-in-uk-raids-over-ticket-touting\/","url_meta":{"origin":13846,"position":0},"title":"Four people arrested in UK raids over ticket touting","date":"December 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r National Trading Standards seizes computers and phones as part of investigation into secondary ticketing marketFour people have been arrested on suspicion of breaching consumer laws related to ticket touting following dawn raids by the government\u2019s consumer protection body.Officers from the eCrime unit of National Trading Standards raided four properties\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41088,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/royal-albert-hall-called-a-national-disgrace-over-members-ticket-resales\/","url_meta":{"origin":13846,"position":1},"title":"Royal Albert Hall called a &#039;national disgrace&#039; over members&#039; ticket resales","date":"January 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Pamphlet distributed to members who own 1,276 permanent seats offers advice on maximising resale profits on ticketing sitesRoyal Albert Hall members have exchanged detailed advice on how to sell their seats on ticket touting sites, prompting the venue\u2019s former president to label its stewardship a \u201cnational disgrace\u201d. 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