{"id":35722,"date":"2016-11-25T00:26:03","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T17:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-urge-government-to-take-swift-action-to-stop-ticket-touts-using-bots\/"},"modified":"2016-11-25T00:31:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T17:31:35","slug":"mps-urge-government-to-take-swift-action-to-stop-ticket-touts-using-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mps-urge-government-to-take-swift-action-to-stop-ticket-touts-using-bots\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs urge government to take swift action to stop ticket touts using 'bots'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCulture committee chair writes to Karen Bradley calling for the use of software to harvest tickets for resale to be outlawedAn influential group of MPs has urged the government to take immediate action to stop touts using specialist software to buy large numbers of tickets to resell for a profit.The call from the cross-party culture, media and sport committee follows an evidence session last week when it heard evidence about the activities of touts who offer tickets to events on resale websites. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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