{"id":29115,"date":"2017-08-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-minister-is-copping-it-over-his-comments-about-afl-ticket-scalpers\/"},"modified":"2017-08-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T00:00:00","slug":"the-minister-is-copping-it-over-his-comments-about-afl-ticket-scalpers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/the-minister-is-copping-it-over-his-comments-about-afl-ticket-scalpers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Minister Is Copping It Over His Comments About AFL Ticket Scalpers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>As tickets to Adelaide Oval AFL Finals appear online at inflated prices, sports minister Leon Bignell admits no one has ever been charged under state anti-scalping laws.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPeople do put these crazy prices on Gumtree and some of those website but it doesn\u2019t mean people are actually going to spend that money on it,\u201d Mr Bignell told FIVEAA breakfast on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reality doesn\u2019t match up with some of the hype.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don think people are actually paying the ticket prices\u2026 I don\u2019t reckon they\u2019re getting any money for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But Mr Bignell admitted no one has been prosecuted in the four years since anti-scalping laws were passed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to actually have people come forward and complain about it&#8230; with a real case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake contact with us and we\u2019ll go after those people they bought the tickets off\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we need complainants before we can prosecute. 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