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Tickets for live events initially are sold in the primary market, in which firms that provide ticketing services (i.e., ticketers) work directly with venues, promoters, producers, sports teams, and other entities to sell tickets to consumers.  \nTickets for some live events also are available in the secondary market, in which individuals who purchased tickets in the primary market can resell their tickets instead of using them. Individuals selling tickets in the secondary market can include consumers who cannot or no longer wish to attend the event, as well as ticket brokers who purchase tickets in the primary market with the intention of reselling them in the secondary market for a profit. Although tickets in the primary  \nR48179  \nSeptember 13, 2024  \nClare Y. Cho  \nSpecialist in Industrial Organization and Business Policy  \nmarket are often priced to maximize revenue based on supply and anticipated demand, tickets for some events are purposefully set below the market-clearing price, allowing individuals to resell them with a significant markup.  \nFor some events, ticketers might provide the ticket price, without fees and taxes, at the beginning of the transaction and in advertisements, noting that fees and taxes may apply. These ticketers may have a competitive advantage if they are perceived to offer tickets at a lower price than a competitor providing the total ticket price, including fees (i.e., all-in pricing) . Some ticketers operate in both the primary and secondary markets, and some are vertically integrated (i.e., operate in multiple components of the supply chain) in other ways, such as operating as a ticketer while providing promotion services for artists or owning a sports franchise. Some ticketers have multiyear exclusive contracts with venues, promoters, sport franchises, and other entities in the supply chain.  \nFederal oversight of tickets for live events involves executive actions that result in voluntary commitments from companies and enforcement of legislation specific to event ticketing. For example, on June 15, 2023, President Biden met with several ticketing companies (including Live Nation Entertainment, SeatGeek, and others); those that did not provide all-in pricing atthe time of that meeting made commitments to do so. The Better Online Ticket Sales Act of 2016 (BOTS Act; P.L. 114-274) prohibits individuals from circumventing a ticketer’s system to purchase more tickets than permitted by the ticketer. The BOTS Act is enforced by state attorneys general (AGs) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) . The FTC brought its first cases against three ticket brokers for violating the act in 2021.  \nFederal agencies enforce legislation that is applicable to various industries including event ticketing. For example, the FTC protects consumers by prohibiting “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce” for certain sectors, and the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) enforce antitrust laws. The FTC has taken action against ticketers for engaging in deceptive tactics and proposed a trade regulation rule that would require all-in pricing; the proposed rule would likely apply to live event ticketers. The FTC held a virtual informal hearing on its proposed rulemaking on April 24, 2024. Additionally, on May 23, 2024, DOJ and 30 AGs from states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment and its subsidiary Ticketmaster for violating the Sherman Act and state antitrust laws. 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