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Ticketmaster to Expand Encrypted Ticketing to LAFC Following NFL Deal

A few weeks after Ticketmaster announced that it was offering a new fraud-eliminating encrypted ticketing service across the NFL, the company is expanding that new service with plans to next enter Major League Soccer via Los Angeles FC.

The ticketing company struck a deal with the NFL in 2017 to build a fully digital league-wide ticketing system that will have all 32 teams operating exclusively as mobile venues for the 2019 season. Stemming from that partnership, Ticketmaster announced a new encrypted offering in May called SafeTix.

With that system, Ticketmaster creates tickets with barcodes that change every 15 seconds, rendering the previous versions unusable.