With everybody and his brother trying to get tickets to see Hamilton a lot of effort has gone into trying to make sure that those who buy tickets are actually going to go see the show.

Unfortunately a lot of the tickets sold have ended up in the hands of someone determined to make a buck or 900. Not that there's anything wrong with that - unless that someone relies on an army of bots to try to beat the system.

We spend a lot of our time fending off the damn bots - and actually block more requests for tickets as fraudulent than we do get legitimate ones.

But what can you as a ticket buyer do to even the odds a little bit?

Well, Consumer Reports have written a pretty good primer on how to get the good seats.

• Shop at the Source
  • Create an account in advance
  • Take advantage of pre-sales
  • Be on the relevant email list