# 2025-05906: White House Cracks Down on Scalpers Ruining Live Shows

2025-05906, Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-04-03, effective 2025-03-31; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-04).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05906
- As of: 2026-11-04
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-05906
- Title: Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 90 FR 14699
- Published: 2025-04-03
- Effective: 2025-03-31
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-04

## In one line

White House Cracks Down on Scalpers Ruining Live Shows

## Summary

The government is cracking down on unfair ticket sales in live entertainment to stop scalpers from charging crazy high prices and hurting fans and artists. New rules will make sure ticket sellers play fair, so fans can see their favorite shows without breaking the bank. These changes start right away and aim to protect your wallet and support artists getting their fair share.

## Effects PRIA read

- Competition enforcement in ticketing: benefit, medium. This order, signed March 31, 2025, directs the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce competition laws in the concert and live entertainment industry. The goal is to stop venues, ticketing agents, or combinations of actors from operating in ways that harm artists and fan…
- BOTS Act enforcement with States: benefit, medium. The FTC is directed to rigorously enforce the Better Online Ticket Sales Act (15 U.S.C. 45c) and to collaborate with State Attorneys General and consumer protection officers. The order targets scalpers who use bots and other unfair means to buy many face-value tickets and resell them at large marku…
- Price transparency for ticket purchases: benefit, low. The FTC is instructed to take appropriate action, including proposing regulations if necessary, to ensure price transparency at all stages of the ticket-purchase process, including in the secondary ticketing market. This aims to make the full cost of a ticket clearer to buyers before they complete…
- Crackdown on secondary market abuses: benefit, medium. The FTC must evaluate and, if appropriate, take enforcement action to prevent unfair, deceptive, and anti-competitive conduct in the secondary ticketing market. The order specifically directs attention to harmful conduct that disadvantages fans and artists.
- Tax compliance checks on ticket resellers: cost, low. The order directs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General to ensure ticket scalpers are operating in full compliance with the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable law. This focuses on making sure secondary sellers meet tax and related legal obligations.

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## Sources
- [2025-05906 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/03/2025-05906/combating-unfair-practices-in-the-live-entertainment-market)
- [2025-05906 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-03/pdf/2025-05906.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-05906 (as of 2026-11-04).