(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Live Nation’s Ticketmaster is doing enough to prevent bots from illegally reselling tickets on its platform, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

The probe, which examines the ticket-selling unit’s compliance with the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act, is at an advanced stage and a decision on whether to pursue a case could come within weeks, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter.

The 2016 law prohibits the use of bots and other methods to bypass ticket purchase limits set by online sellers.

As part of the probe, FTC investigators are assessing whether Ticketmaster has a financial incentive to allow resellers to circumvent its ticket limit rules, according to the report.

A settlement is also possib

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