Scalpers and Would-be scalpers beware if you are planning to sell tickets to the five ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 matches in Melbourne according to a recent announcement by the Victorian Government it is it will be illegal to on-sell tickets to the event. Minister for Sport and Recreation Hugh Delahunty said that at the request of organisers the ICC Cricket World Cup had been declared a Sports Ticketing Event under the Major Sporting Events Act 2009, and warned that scalpers will face fines of thousands of dollars. “Ticket scalping is an issue that the Victorian Coalition Government takes very seriously, and this action is a timely reminder to would-be ticket scalpers that scalping will not be tolerated,” Mr Delahunty said.
“It’s fantastic to have Victorian Government support for what is the ICC’s flagship event. The declaration will help us to keep tickets in the hands of legitimate fans of cricket and not ticket scalpers,” John Harnden, Chief Executive of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 commented.
Mr Delahunty explained that the ICC Cricket World Cup is the latest addition to the list of declared sporting events, which includes the AFL Grand Final each year, as well as the 2009 and 2010 Australian Masters Golf and The Presidents Cup in 2011.

Current penalties for ticket scalping offences include:
• on-the-spot fines of $721 for unauthorised on-selling or advertising of five or fewer tickets at a price above face value;
• maximum fines for individuals of $8,661 per offence or $86,616 for multiple offences; and
• maximum fines for organisations of $43,308 per offence, or $433,080 for multiple offences.