Washington DC Legalizes Ticket Scalping By Accident

Government doing good, but not on purpose

It used to be against the law to scalp tickets in the District. But thanks to an oversight, scalping is now legal on public property.

The regulations banning scalping were inadvertently left off of recently approved legislation earlier this year, according to a city official. As a result, the D.C. police "cannot make arrests for scalping" right now, said Gwendolyn Crump, a spokeswoman for the department.