Members of the European Parliament have voted to ban the use of bots to mass-purchase tickets for sporting and entertainment events.

Fans will no longer have to pay hundreds of euro over the odds for events under proposed laws backed by the Government — a move ticket resellers have said will drive the multi-million euro trade underground.

Fans will no longer have to pay hundreds of euro over the odds for events under proposed laws backed by the Government — a move ticket resellers have said will drive the multi-million euro trade underground.