From concerts to train reservations, automated bots have become the latest target in the fight against ticket scalping.

A big concert means a big ticket price these days. Last year, the average cost for a concert was $135.92, according to Pollstar. In 2019 it was $91.86. And in 1996 the average ticket price would set ...

North Carolina fans reported long online queues and inflated prices for Hurricanes games as the team faces off for the Stanley Cup. One of the big questions is whether bots are at all to blame.

Everything you need to know about how to get concert tickets in 2026 amid scalper chaos, presale codes and more.

The concert tickets crisis is real. Bots grabbed 96% of traffic in one sale. Here is how the FTC and artists like Harry Styles are fighting back ...

As we continue our series called Cost of Living: The Price We Pay, we're going to look at the high prices for concert tickets. The strange economics of the ticket market has given rise to reseller ...

Premier League football clubs are stepping up action against ticket touting, cancelling hundreds of thousands of fake accounts and banning fans found to be involved in resale scams. The BBC reports ...

A new Michigan law signed Tuesday makes it illegal to cheat the system by using automated software, often called "ticket bots," to buy concert or other event tickets. An accompanying bill also signed ...

Hoping to avoid a cruel summer for Iowa concertgoers facing high ticket prices, the Iowa Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday banning the use of online bots to purchase concert tickets. "Far too ...

The FTC Better Online Ticket Sales Act (“BOTS Act” or the “Act”)) prohibits the circumvention of a security measure, access control system, or other technological control measure used online by a ...

Scalper bot software is able to perform multiple tasks, including creating multiple fake accounts for a targeted website, navigating captchas, purchasing tickets and more. Springsteen and Ticketmaster ...