As the clocks ticks closer to the May 31 deadline, lawmakers are continuing to hammer out the final details on dozens of ...

LANSING, Mich — A pair of bills aimed at regulating ticket sales for entertainment venues passed the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday with near unanimous support from both parties. House ...

Michigan bills to further prevent the use of ticket-buying bots received a House committee hearing Wednesday. Ticket bots are often used to snatch up event tickets by getting around purchase limits, ...

On March 31, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO 14254) titled “Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market.” EO 14254 directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to, ...

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 ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills, better known as the "Taylor Swift bills," that aim to prevent bots from buying large numbers of concert tickets. Senate Bill 158, sponsored by Sen.

The odds, says one industry insider, are stacked in favour of the bot, with the software (which is openly advertised for sale online) set up to automatically access multiple browsers in the time any ...