System and method for controlling access to a venue using alterable tickets

A system for monitoring a status of a right to access a venue, comprising:

• a memory having status data corresponding to the right to access the venue and data corresponding to a normally hidden code;
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• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is operative to receive the code, to alter the status data based on the received code and the data corresponding to the code, and to output instructions for accessing the code so that the status is monitored.

A method for enabling an entity to provide a refund to a holder holding a ticket, and wherein the entity has a server associated therewith, comprising the steps of:

• issuing the ticket by the entity to the holder, wherein the ticket has a normally hidden code associated therewith;
• and
• receiving the code by the server from the holder so that the refund can be provided to the holder.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• first indicia entitling a holder of the article to a right to enter a venue;
• and
• second indicia for modifying the right, wherein the second indicia is normally hidden under an alterable area so that when the alterable area is altered, the right to enter the venue is modified.

A system for enabling a holder to upgrade a ticket to a venue, wherein the ticket confers a right to occupy a location in the venue, wherein the ticket has normally hidden upgrade indicia associated therewith, and wherein the normally hidden upgrade indicia have a location on the ticket associated therewith, the system comprising:

• a memory having data indicating the ticket to be upgraded, status data corresponding to a status of an upgrade of the ticket, and a location code corresponding to the location of the upgrade indicia on the ticket;
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• a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is operative to receive a signal indicative of the ticket to be upgraded, to retrieve the location code based on the received signal and the data indicating the ticket to be upgraded, and to transmit the location code to the holder.