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Fifa must answer questions after allegations of "artificially inflating prices" and "misleading fans" over the sale of tickets for the 2026 World Cup.

It comes as the attorneys general of New York and New Jersey officially launched an investigation into Fifa's practices.

New Jersey attorney general Jennifer Davenport called the process a "gauntlet of confusion, fake scarcity and impossibly high prices".

She added there would be a "thorough investigation of Fifa's conduct" with world football's governing body subpoenaed to provide information.

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[–] MonsterMonster@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

They've not even kicked off yet and investigations have been called.

This is going to be the opposite of the 1994 success.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Might be because hotels are saying there aren't bookings, making it easier to see that demand isn't involved in setting the prices.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

I hope the World Cup is an abject failure. I hope the few people who go are very disappointed by the gameplay

[–] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Surely not. FIFA exploiting people? Corruption at FIFA? Say it ain't so!

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago

The real international competitive sport is fifa and the olympic committee trying to get the most cash out of fans

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Fuck the world cup. Burn all the tickets 🎟 🔥

[–] Squatcher@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Will FIFA appear via hologram and say "You summoned me, my lord?" I hope so

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

I wanna summon fifa and demand they explain the peace prize

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

With any luck, you get an octarine cloud of smoke and death appears.

[–] nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Seems fair? Gotta pay for those Peace Prizes somehow!

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I wanted to go being a NJ bai, but fuck that noise