diff --git a/fail2ban/server/banmanager.py b/fail2ban/server/banmanager.py
index 1d14ae84..ee9ecae8 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/banmanager.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/banmanager.py
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class BanManager:
 		# we should always use correct time to calculate correct end time (ban time is variable now, 
 		# + possible double banning by restore from database and from log file)
 		# so use as lastTime always time from ticket.
-		return BanTicket(ticket=ticket)
+		return BanTicket.wrap(ticket)
 	
 	##
 	# Add a ban ticket.
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/failmanager.py b/fail2ban/server/failmanager.py
index 1255cf21..6ce9b74e 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/failmanager.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/failmanager.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ __license__ = "GPL"
 from threading import Lock
 import logging
 
-from .ticket import FailTicket
+from .ticket import FailTicket, BanTicket
 from ..helpers import getLogger, BgService
 
 # Gets the instance of the logger.
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ class FailManager:
 					fData.setMatches(matches[-self.maxEntries:])
 			except KeyError:
 				# not found - already banned - prevent to add failure if comes from observer:
-				if observed:
+				if observed or isinstance(ticket, BanTicket):
 					return
 				# if already FailTicket - add it direct, otherwise create (using copy all ticket data):
 				if isinstance(ticket, FailTicket):
 					fData = ticket;
 				else:
-					fData = FailTicket(ticket=ticket)
+					fData = FailTicket.wrap(ticket)
 				if count > ticket.getAttempt():
 					fData.setRetry(count)
 				self.__failList[fid] = fData
diff --git a/fail2ban/server/ticket.py b/fail2ban/server/ticket.py
index f154ab10..3dc7aba3 100644
--- a/fail2ban/server/ticket.py
+++ b/fail2ban/server/ticket.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ logSys = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class Ticket(object):
+	__slots__ = ('_ip', '_flags', '_banCount', '_banTime', '_time', '_data', '_retry', '_lastReset')
 
 	MAX_TIME = 0X7FFFFFFFFFFF ;# 4461763-th year
 	
@@ -59,36 +60,44 @@ class Ticket(object):
 					self._data[k] = v
 		if ticket:
 			# ticket available - copy whole information from ticket:
-			self.__dict__.update(i for i in ticket.__dict__.iteritems() if i[0] in self.__dict__)
+			self.update(ticket)
+			#self.__dict__.update(i for i in ticket.__dict__.iteritems() if i[0] in self.__dict__)
 
 	def __str__(self):
 		return "%s: ip=%s time=%s bantime=%s bancount=%s #attempts=%d matches=%r" % \
-			   (self.__class__.__name__.split('.')[-1], self.__ip, self._time,
-			   	self._banTime, self._banCount,
-			   	self._data['failures'], self._data.get('matches', []))
+				 (self.__class__.__name__.split('.')[-1], self._ip, self._time,
+					self._banTime, self._banCount,
+					self._data['failures'], self._data.get('matches', []))
 
 	def __repr__(self):
 		return str(self)
 
 	def __eq__(self, other):
 		try:
-			return self.__ip == other.__ip and \
+			return self._ip == other._ip and \
 				round(self._time, 2) == round(other._time, 2) and \
 				self._data == other._data
 		except AttributeError:
 			return False
 
+	def update(self, ticket):
+		for n in ticket.__slots__:
+			v = getattr(ticket, n, None)
+			if v is not None:
+				setattr(self, n, v)
+
+
 	def setIP(self, value):
 		# guarantee using IPAddr instead of unicode, str for the IP
 		if isinstance(value, basestring):
 			value = IPAddr(value)
-		self.__ip = value
+		self._ip = value
 	
 	def getID(self):
-		return self._data.get('fid', self.__ip)
+		return self._data.get('fid', self._ip)
 	
 	def getIP(self):
-		return self.__ip
+		return self._ip
 	
 	def setTime(self, value):
 		self._time = value
@@ -204,21 +213,21 @@ class FailTicket(Ticket):
 
 	def __init__(self, ip=None, time=None, matches=None, data={}, ticket=None):
 		# this class variables:
-		self.__retry = 0
-		self.__lastReset = None
+		self._retry = 0
+		self._lastReset = None
 		# create/copy using default ticket constructor:
 		Ticket.__init__(self, ip, time, matches, data, ticket)
 		# init:
 		if ticket is None:
-			self.__lastReset = time if time is not None else self.getTime()
-		if not self.__retry:
-			self.__retry = self._data['failures'];
+			self._lastReset = time if time is not None else self.getTime()
+		if not self._retry:
+			self._retry = self._data['failures'];
 
 	def setRetry(self, value):
 		""" Set artificial retry count, normally equal failures / attempt,
 		used in incremental features (BanTimeIncr) to increase retry count for bad IPs
 		"""
-		self.__retry = value
+		self._retry = value
 		if not self._data['failures']:
 			self._data['failures'] = 1
 		if not value:
@@ -229,10 +238,10 @@ class FailTicket(Ticket):
 		""" Returns failures / attempt count or
 		artificial retry count increased for bad IPs
 		"""
-		return max(self.__retry, self._data['failures'])
+		return max(self._retry, self._data['failures'])
 
 	def inc(self, matches=None, attempt=1, count=1):
-		self.__retry += count
+		self._retry += count
 		self._data['failures'] += attempt
 		if matches:
 			# we should duplicate "matches", because possibly referenced to multiple tickets:
@@ -249,15 +258,24 @@ class FailTicket(Ticket):
 		return self._time
 
 	def getLastReset(self):
-		return self.__lastReset
+		return self._lastReset
 
 	def setLastReset(self, value):
-		self.__lastReset = value
+		self._lastReset = value
+
+	@staticmethod
+	def wrap(o):
+		o.__class__ = FailTicket
+		return o
 
 ##
 # Ban Ticket.
 #
 # This class extends the Ticket class. It is mainly used by the BanManager.
 
-class BanTicket(Ticket):
-	pass
+class BanTicket(FailTicket):
+	
+	@staticmethod
+	def wrap(o):
+		o.__class__ = BanTicket
+		return o