Taking a razor to huge profits from scalping One Direction: Two A-Reserve tickets $449; on eBay up from $198. A GOVERNMENT scalping crackdown could mean $5500 fines for websites such as eBay and Viagogo if they refuse to remove scalped tickets being advertised way above cost price. Fair Trading Minister Anthony Roberts will today announce a proposal by which there will be a requirement to post full details of tickets on the internet and not advertise far above cost price. If sporting codes spot the scalped tickets online way in excess of the cost price charge - perhaps over 10 per cent more - and demand they be taken down, the websites will have to comply or face fines, possibly around $5500 per offence, the Minister said. The requirement to post more details of the tickets will also enable event organisers to more easily cancel scalped tickets and lock those buying tickets off scalpers out. The Minister said the government was complying with a promise to announce anti-scalping laws prior to the NRL Grand Final but they would require legislation so will not be in place to stop scalpers this week. Mr Roberts said the laws were trying to stop a system where "robotic systems" were buying up tickets big from website and scalpers were then onselling them. "We have got an emerging secondary market with Viagogo and the rest of them," Mr Roberts said. Look, the bottom line is it's about giving consumers as much information as possible when they purchase a ticket through this system. If you put a ticket on eBay for example you [will have] to put the ticket up with barcode [hidden] so people know exactly what they're buying. The only people against these are the scalpers and the people who have got money from the scalping. eBay's against it and ... we know for a fact that in the States the secondary market's worth more than $5.6 billion. In Australia we believe it's between $200 million and $400 million. NRL grand final: Silver Ticket on eBay $399 (standard price $165); Bronze Ticket in Viagogo up to $224.54 (standard price $80) / Picture Gregg Porteous Source: News Limited The new laws will require anyone reselling tickets to a sporting or entertainment event held in NSW must include in any advertisement for resale to the public: details of the ticket number and the row and seat number; details of the terms and conditions of sale of the ticket, or details of where to find them (for example, on a website); notice of any condition which allows the ticket to be cancelled if it is resold in breach of its terms and conditions; and a clear and legible image of the ticket, showing the ticket number, seat and row number but obscuring any barcode. In the latest examples of scalping this week, two One Direction A Reserve concert tickets for October 6 which are worth $198 are being onsold for $449. NRL Grand Final Bronze tickets worth $80 are being offered on Viagogo for up to $224.54. Consumers who buy tickets from online scalpers face the risk of counterfeit tickets, the government argues. Even if a purchased ticket is genuine, the ticket may still be worthless, if the event promoter cancels the ticket for being resold in breach of its terms and conditions. Cricket Australia, Ticketek and Frontier Touring welcomed the changes, which may miss the NRL Grand Final but will be in place in time for the Ashes if the legislation is passed this year as the Minister hopes. Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland, who is Chairman of the Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports (COMPPS) taking in all major other sports said: "CA has campaigned against scalping for almost a decade based on its concern that scalpers divert affordable tickets to events such as the Ashes away from everyday fans and into the pockets of the well-heeled who can afford scalpers' inflated prices. The Managing Director of Frontier Touring, Michael Gudinski, said: "Frontier Touring is thrilled to see the introduction of these reforms. For too long scalpers have been able to hide behind anonymity online. Music should empower and real artists do not want to see their fans ripped off. The Managing Director of Ticketek Australia, Cameron Hoy, said Ticketek also welcomed the reforms.