Tickets to "Hamilton" are about to get very pricey and scalpers are to blame for the move.

According to multiple reports, the best 200 seats in the house will now cost $849, a large increase from the $179 they used to cost.

The other 1,075 seats, currently priced between $139-$177, will now be priced at somewhere between $179-$199. They used to go for $139 to $177.

The reason for the increase has everything to do with the fact that a lot of tickets for the highly successful show are snapped by scalpers the minute they go up for sale. They are then resold at almost double the price, helping them make a large profit.

“What has certainly been frustrating to me, as a business owner, is to see that my product is being resold at many times its face value and my team isn’t sharing in those profits,” said Hamilton's lead producer, Jeffrey Seller. “It’s not fair.”

Lin-Manuel Miranda called on the New York Assembly in a New York Times op-ed to pass a law that would make it illegal to use ticket bots to buy seats as soon as they go on sale and then resell them.

"I want theatergoers to be able to purchase tickets at face value at our box office and our website, rather than on a resale platform," said Miranda. "And if you do go to a resale platform for tickets, I want the markup you must pay to be clearly displayed."

To help make up for the price increase, the number of lottery tickets sold at $10 are being increased to 46 per show, giving fans a better chance to see the show at a super affordable price.

"Hamilton" shows have been sold out all the way through January.

The popular stage production is up for a record 16 Tony Awards.

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