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Scalped Themselves

The 2026 World Cup's official resale platform takes 30% of a ticket it already sold you. FIFA banned the scalpers, then became the only one.

FIFA banned the scalpers. Then it opened the only resale desk you are allowed to use and put a fee on both sides of it.

Sell your seat there, they take a cut. Buy one there, they take another. Same ticket, already sold once, at full price.

This week a jury started deciding whether Ticketmaster built an illegal moat around live events. Same moat. FIFA just registered its version as a charity.

Six minutes. If it makes you do the math on your own next ticket, restack it.

Every figure here is sourced and dated. The full case file: theranter.com/case-file/fifa-world-cup-2026

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