Details of the scale at which Six Nations tickets are being touted prompted concern from the digital minister, Margot James, and condemnation from rugby governing bodies, who warned that Viagogo’s customers risk being refused entry at the turnstile. Five touts held two-thirds of the Six Nations tickets being sold by traders on Viagogo Five touts held two-thirds of the Six Nations tickets being sold by traders on Viagogo. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Screen grab of ticket for sale on the Viagogo websiteThe tickets were marked as “Resale not allowed”. Viagogo, in turn, issued a statement which simply said: “We are compliant.”MethodologyThe Guardian analysed all listings for Six Nations tickets listed on the Viagogo website which carried a “Trader” logo on two consecutive days. The analysis covers 1,007 unique tickets on sale on the Viagogo website on Wednesday 30 January plus 148 unique tickets which subsequently came up for sale on Thursday 31 January.

Source: The Guardian February 05, 2019 17:24 UTC