Four people were fined for trying to sell tickets to British comedian Michael McIntyre's performance at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre at inflated prices this year, as the South Australian Government cracks down on scalping.Cricket Australia is also warning about the problem ahead of Sunday's match in AdelaideThe Government's new anti-scalping laws came into effect in December 2018, making it illegal for people to resell tickets for more than a 10 per cent mark-up.
Since then, the Government has received more than 37 complaints from consumers for events including the Hilltop Hoods, Hugh Jackman, Shawn Mendes and AFL showdowns.Mendes — a Canadian singer-songwriter and teen idol — is performing in Adelaide on Saturday night as part of a national tour.Scalping is a practice theafter complaints were made about the cost of tickets to their shows.
In one case, a ticket for Michael McIntyre's Big World Tour show in Adelaide in March was being advertised for $250 above the original price. The fine for such an offence is $550, but so far no-one has been prosecuted, with the laws still in an early rollout phase.Corporations engaging in scalping could face penalties of up to $100,000.Greens MLC Tammy Franks has long campaigned for stronger anti-scalping laws and said while she
welcomed the Liberal Government's bill, she wanted to make sure the Office of Consumer and Business Services had enough funding to enforce the laws.
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