Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 140, § 185A

(a) No person shall engage in the business of selling tickets or the business of reselling or facilitating a mechanism for 2 or more parties to participate in the resale of any ticket of admission to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition required to be licensed under sections 181 and 182 or under chapter 128A, whether such business is conducted on or off the premises on which such ticket or other evidence is to be used, without being licensed by the commissioner of occupational licensure.

(b) A license shall be granted only upon a written application setting forth such information as the commissioner of occupational licensure may require. Each license issued under this section shall be in force until the first day of January next after its date, unless sooner revoked. No such license shall be transferred or assigned except upon written permission of the commissioner of occupational licensure. The sale of a ticket or pass, entitling the holder of said ticket or pass to admission to any such theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition upon payment either of nothing or a sum less than that demanded of the public generally shall be deemed to be a resale pursuant to subsection (a).