Whats the difference between a ticket broker and a scalper?
At least 15 states prohibit the resale of tickets to sporting and entertainment events for a price greater than face value, according to information compiled by the National Conference of State Legislatures. NCSL has compiled a listing of ticket scalping laws across the country. According to researcher Janna Goodwin, at least seven states consider reselling tickets a crime unless the seller has a license to broker tickets. Some cities have municipal regulations against ticket brokering, although state law does not expressly prohibit it, she says. In almost all instances where ticket scalping is prohibited, the offense is a misdemeanor. To get a chart comparing various state laws on ticket scalping, go to: external link I used to sell tickets all the time because I would get free backstage passes from external link and most of the time they would also give me tickets for the show but I didn’t need them since I already had the backstage passes so I sold the tickets. I only sold them for
