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Ticket fraud cost UK fans £9.7m in 2024. Every fake ticket gets in somewhere.
A short guide for event organisers: what slow, manual entry really costs, the maths for your own gates, and a 30-day way to fix it before your next event. Free, three pages, with sources.
Inside the guide
- The hidden bill: three numbers every event organiser should know
- Do the maths: a worked example you can redo with your own figures
- Five leaks, five fixes: where the time and money go
- Prove it in 30 days: a week-by-week plan to test it small

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What it really costs
10,000 guests checked by eye at 5 seconds each is almost 14 hours of checking. Scanned at 0.2 seconds each, it is about 33 minutes, and a copied ticket is rejected the second time it is shown. (Worked example for illustration.)
Reported UK ticket fraud losses in 2024
Source: Action Fraud figures for 2024
Ticket fraud reports to Action Fraud in 2024
Source: Action Fraud figures for 2024
To check a ticket with online scanning
Source: Raptool Ticket Scanning
To prove it on your own site
A week-by-week plan to test it small before you roll it out.
“The queue outside is the first thing your guests remember about the night.”
Get the free guide for the full picture: five leaks and how the best teams fix them, and a 30-day plan to prove it.