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Scalping tickets can be a good way to make extra money, but many people argue it is unfair and should be stopped. They believe ticket scalping "prevents" (doesn't allow) people to attend events, because all the tickets have already been sold to scalpers, and the resold tickets are too expensive.

Event organizers dislike ticket scalping because it creates problems with "crowd control" (efforts to manage large groups of people in small spaces and keep everyone safe). When many people who don't have tickets come to an event because they want to buy tickets from the scalpers, there can be too many people in a small area, and that can create dangerous situations. Another problem with ticket scalping is that often the tickets are "counterfeit" (fake), so people spend a lot of money for them, but then are not allowed to attend the event.

Many event organizers "post" (put up on a wall) large signs saying that ticket scalping is not allowed, but those signs "aren't very effective" (they don't work very well). So many states have started to create laws that limit or prevent ticket scalping.

Some states have "banned" (said that something is not allowed) ticket resale on the "premises" (site; location) of the event, although the scalpers can resell tickets "nearby," like on the sidewalk. Because the laws "vary" (are different) by state, some scalpers buy tickets in one state and resell them in another "neighboring" (sharing a border) state. Most states do not have any "limits" (maximum amounts) on how much money tickets can be resold for.