Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chuck Schumer Seek Scalper Crackdown With New Bill

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and New York senator Chuck Schumer held a press conference Sunday urging Congress to pass legislation that would crack down on ticket scalpers. If the bill – dubbed the Better On-line Ticket Sales Act of 2016, or the BOTS Act – is approved by federal lawmakers, scalpers that employ automated "bots" to scoop up hundreds of tickets to sell on the secondary market could face massive fines. "The bot software that's used right now basically makes the pr