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According to Gary Adler -general counsel to the National Association of Ticket Brokers. "Our members are legitimate brokers who adhere to a code of ethics," Adler said. "Brokering is their primary business, and they have to have a permanent place of business with a published phone number, and to be a member they have to have the sponsorship of other people who are in the business. Every state has different rules and regulations about ticket selling, and, at last count, 10 states regulate the price you can charge. Our members adhere to states' laws." Unlike the scalper who stands in front of a theater or a stadium to exchange a ticket for cash in the hours before an event, the 185 members of the National Association of Ticket Brokers are accountable, Adler said. http://www.natb.org/news/index.cfm?pg=newsdetail.cfm&newsID=17
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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 face value since that was my understanding of the law in Minnesota. Now I just give them to friends.
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