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# touts out

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Ticket touts face €100k fine and up to two years imprisonment under proposed new laws

Touts will be fined up to €100k.

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Sep 29th 2020, 7:50 PM

Deadmau5 absolutely tore into one of Ticketmaster's companies on Twitter over the issue of touting

“I won’t hesitate for a f**king second to cancel the event.”

10.8k

May 11th 2018, 5:54 PM

Ticket reselling firm says that a ban on touts would just lead to more black market trade

Ticket resellers have claimed that introducing a new law won’t do anything.

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Mar 14th 2018, 6:01 AM