Why Is Ticket Scalping Illegal?
The event coordinators get what they want, and if the scalper can't sell them he loses money. If I purchase the right to sit in a certain seat, why can't I sell my right to the highest bidder? It's not like buying a CD, copying it, and selling multiple copies. I'm not mass producing, but I am buying and selling much as I would if I bought real estate and turned it for a profit.
So why exactly is scalping tickets illegal?
Some warnings about ticket scalping allude to vague comments about trying to eliminate middlemen. Some teams, if they discover someone selling a season ticket to their seat, will cancel the season ticket holder's account. It is unknown if the season ticket would receive a refund in such a situation, but as most places also have a no refund policy, it's doubtful that these venues would bother to make a refund on confiscated tickets. Some claim that the ability of brokers to buy blocks of tickets for resale cause all the good tickets for events to sell out within minutes of the opening of ticket sales. This makes it difficult for individuals to buy tickets without paying the markup of scalpers. Some brokers hire diggers or droids - people willing to stand in line or make repeated calls to buy tickets. Some allege that promoters and bands are scalping their own tickets - selling prime seats to brokers to increase profit margins. Some venue owners have been prosecuted for grand larceny for putting choice seats "on hold" and then selling them to brokers at a premium. SO basically they just don't want people making profits that they shouldn't
Is ticket scalping illegal in the state of Montana?
No it's not illegal Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming have no laws or regulations regarding ticket scalping.
Is buying tickets from a scalper illegal?
As long as the tickets are sold at or below face value, there shouldn't be a legal issue. However, I wouldn't risk it. Illegal or not, you can get scammed big time by scalpers - sometimes they sell fake tickets. Just buy from a reputable source, e.g. box office or a ticket exchange. findtickets4.me is a good place to search for tickets on a reputable ticket exchange.
Is It illegal to scalp tickets in Las Vegas?
Most people dont even understand what ticket scalping means. Scalping tickets, under the meaning you are talking about, would mean selling the tickets within a certain distance of the event, at a higher price then face value. You can always sell your extra ticket, but if you want to sell it a higher price then the face value, just dont do it outside the arena the event is taking place. And generally speaking they only target people who are proffessional scalpers. Not some girl just looking to unload one extra ticket.