PHP Form Re-Populate Fail

Im Repopulating a form via PHP Post Commands. It all works fine, the data is send and received perfectly, but whenever I check if $_POST[Ticket] == 2 it counts as true even if echo $_POST[Ticket] echoes a 1 or anything but a 2...

heres my code:

echo '<select title="Ticket" name="Ticket" required>';
echo '<option disabled selected value>Art des Tickets</option>';
echo '<option value="1"';
if ($_POST['Ticket'] == "1") echo 'selected="selected"';
echo '>Gamer</option><option value="2"';
if ($_POST['Ticket'] == "2") echo 'selected="selected"';
echo '>Zuschauer</option></select>';

if ($_POST[Ticket] == 2)
{
    echo '<div class="FormError">Als Zuschauer kannst du leider nur beim Auf- oder Abbau helfen, nicht jedoch bei beidem, bitte ändere deine Auswahl.</div>';
}