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read more5th April 2019 - Viagogo executives lobby Federal MPs against ticket resale restrictions
20th March 2019 - UK MPs call for Viagogo boycott and changes to ticket scalping laws
11th February 2019 - Concert promoter Michael Chugg says Viagogo is ‘out of control ... f**king thieves’
6th February 2019 - Commerce Commission describes Viagogo as a ‘marketplace for scalpers and fraudsters’ in Auckland High Court
1st December 2018 - UK court ruling set to see Viagogo having to reimburse fans
5th June 2018 - FIFA makes criminal complaint against ticket reseller Viagogo
8th March 2018 - Gudinski: ‘promoters aren’t the bad guys’ in Ed Sheeran ticket scalping debate
23rd November 2017 - Google updates AdWords policy to restrict online ticket scalpers
17th November 2017 - Australian Government begins ticket scalping consultation
5th October 2017 - Choice names Viagogo among Australia’s shonkiest products of 2017
6th September 2017 - AFL urges fans to avoid making Finals series ticket purchases through Viagogo
1st September 2017 - Google urged to block online resellers who dupe ticket buyers
28th August 2017 - ACCC commences legal action against ticket reseller Viagogo
22nd May 2017 - Inflated ticket resale prices impacting consumers’ discretionary entertainment spending
13th May 2017 - Labor shadow minister slams Google and Viagogo over sales of fake concert tickets
23rd February 2017 - Ticket reseller Viagogo hit by multiple Spanish legal actions
1st May 2016 - Frontier Touring issues Facebook warning on ticket scalping and unauthorised resellers
23rd February 2015 - Gumtree changes to deter ticket scalping
24th June 2014 - Federal Government leaves ticket scalping action to the ACCC
21st February 2014 - Calls for national crackdown on scalping at Federal Senate ticketing inquiry
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