VendingData(TM) Corporation's Random Ejection Shufflers(TM) Installed in Harrah's New Orleans Casino Harrah's Replaces Existing Multiple Deck Automatic Shufflers in New Orleans LAS VEGAS, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VendingData(TM) Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: VNDC) , a manufacturer and distributor of products for the gaming industry that are intended to increase customers' security, productivity and profitability, today announced that Harrah's New Orleans Casino replaced its stock of multiple deck automatic shufflers by purchasing 53 VendingData(TM) Random Ejection Shufflers(TM). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020325/LAM034LOGO ) Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., founded 65 years ago, is one of the nation's largest casino-entertainment companies, operating 26 casinos in 13 states across the United States under the Harrah's, Rio, Showboat and Harveys brand names. Harrah's strategy is to be the most service-oriented, technology- driven, geographically diversified company in gaming. Harrah's New Orleans Casino was the winner of 29 Best Gaming Awards, ranking "best" in Louisiana gaming in the 2002 Casino Player magazine's Best of Gaming Readers' Survey. The casino offers a wide variety of table games on 100 tables and 2,500 slot machines. Dean Barnett, VendingData(TM) Corporation's sales division president, added, "This contract represents the largest single placement of VendingData(TM) shufflers to date, and is approximately five times larger than the average order size since the introduction of the Random Ejection Shuffler(TM) in December of 1998. This contract is our first order in Louisiana and comes after many months of intense scrutiny of our product and company. The barriers to entry as a supplier to the gaming industry are high, requiring multiple licenses and approvals. Several months ago we received both our Louisiana gaming device license and the state's gaming lab approval through Gaming Laboratories International. We were fortunate to secure Harrah's, Louisiana's top casino for the required state field trial within 30 days of state approval." About VendingData(TM) Corporation VendingData(TM) Corporation is a manufacturer and distributor of products for the gaming industry including the SecureDrop(R) System, Deck-Checker(TM) and Random Ejection Shuffler(TM) line. The Company's products are currently installed in casinos throughout the world, including Caesars Palace, Circus Circus, Harrah's Entertainment, Luxor, Oneida Bingo & Casino, Sunset Station and the Venetian in the United States, and in casinos in Argentina, China, Columbia, Korea, Malaysia, Peru, United Kingdom and Uruguay. Visit the VendingData(TM) web site at http://www.vendingdata.com/ . This release contains forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include, but are not limited to, the following: changes in the level of consumer or commercial acceptance of the Company's existing products and new products as introduced; competitive advances; acceleration and/or deceleration of various product development and roll out schedules; higher than expected manufacturing, service, selling, administrative, product development and/or roll out costs; current and/or unanticipated future litigation; regulatory and jurisdictional issues involving VendingData(TM) Corporation or its products specifically, and for the gaming industry in general; general and casino industry economic conditions; the financial health of the Company's casino and distributor customers both nationally and internationally; and the risks and factors described from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For further information, please contact: Jessica Neville, Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations of VendingData(TM) Corporation, +1-702-733-7195, ext. 121, ; or Yvonne L. Zappulla of Wall Street Investor Relations Corp., +1-212-681-4108, , for VendingData(TM) Corporation. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020325/LAM034LOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: VendingData Corporation CONTACT: Jessica Neville, Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations of VendingData Corporation, +1-702-733-7195, ext. 121, ; or Yvonne L. Zappulla of Wall Street Investor Relations Corp., +1-212-681-4108, , for VendingData Corporation Web site: http://www.vendingdata.com/

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