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EXHIBIT D Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor Date: 3-6 D2 DECEPTIVE RESALE PRACTICES • Speculative Ticket Sales • Fraudulent Tickets • Deceptive URLs • Bots NDEAvoR I u;=c D3 D4 SPECULATIVE TICKET ("SPEC TICKET") SALES When unofficial parties list tickets for sale prior to the event being on-sale, even though they do not actually have those tickets. • Unauthorized parties sell tickets they do not own before public on-sale and , at times, prior to the rights holder "Gov. Cuomo signs bill cracking establishing ticket prices down on 'speculative' ticket • Unauthorized parties bet/speculate they will be able to scalping" (July 3, 2018) purchase real tickets to service the highest-priced •spec -- www .democratandchronicle.com , 7/3/2018 tickets' sold • Speculative listings are not real tickets, the tickets do not exist "Speculative tickets harm • People claiming to sell these tickets are creating acts of both consumers and the fraud and this practice is illegal in other states, including NY ticket industry'' -- New York Looks Into 'Speculative ' Ticket Resellers, [NBC.com 12/ 8/ 17 • Online marketplaces facilitate 'spec sales ' • Numerous negative impacts to consumers & rights holders ENDEAv oR I u;=c D5 SPECULATIVE TICKET SALES: NEGATIVE IMPACTS Consumers Rights Holders • No guarantee of receiving the advertised ticket • Lost revenue purchased or any ticket to the event • Eliminates ability to acquire new customers and • Confusion & Frustration - many consumers believe communicate directly and build relationships w ith they are buying an authentic ticket consumers • Drives up prices for consumers • Negative sentiment toward rights holders by consumers impacted by misleading & dubious • Missed opportunity to be integrated into rights trade practices holder's ecosystem • Minimizes opportunity to recoup business • Potential loss of money, time and event experience investment ENDEAvoR I u;=c D6 SPECULATIVE TICKET SALES EXAMPLE UFC 239: TBO VS. TBO DATE: July 6, 2019 LOCATION: Las Vegas, NV VENUE: T-Mobile Arena Ticket not yet on-sale to public Pricing not yet finalized Official on-sale date: TB• ENDEAVOR I u;=c D7 SPECULATIVE TICKET SALES EXAMPLE UFC 239: TBO VS. TBO Screenshottaken:3/3/2019 Vivid Seats.com HOME SPORTS - UFC - ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS H UFC 239 NOTE. Prices set by 5£11 ers. may be over face-'t'alue Seats Current 'Spec Listings• VIVIDSEATS. Sat Jul 6, 2019 - T-Mobile Ar n , Las Vegas. NV are together un ess noted Number of ticke1s v -== Filters • Hundreds of fake tickets available for Section Row purchase Section 12 A ~ RowAA-Y ~ 1 -4 Tickets S1643 - ~·" Mob, e T1Ck.ets • Zone .. 0 sun; w Seatil 117 - A • Multiple sections & price points (from 118 17 16 Section 3 A $669 - $10,100) RowAA-Y S 119 00 1 4 Tickets S2085 -­ .. 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This site is not owned by The Smith Center. ~ Date/Time ~ Event ~ Venue Price Tuesday The Smith Center Ticket Prices may be above or below face 3/5/2019 Dancing With The Stars Las Vegas, NV value.
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