EXHIBIT 99.01

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Contact:  Jessica Neville               or  Yvonne L. Zappulla
          Vice President                    Managing Director
          Marketing and Public Relations    Wall Street Investor Relations Corp.
          VendingData(TM) Corporation       212-681-4108
          702-733-7195 x121                 Yvonne@WallStreetIR.com
          neville@vendingdata.com


                      VENDINGDATA(TM) CORPORATION COMPLETES
                    COMMON STOCK OFFERING OF 5,500,000 SHARES

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- (PR NewsWire)- December 18, 2003-VendingData(TM)
Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VNDC), today announced the completion of its
public offering of 5,500,000 shares of common stock at $5.00 per share which,
due to investor interest, was increased by 500,000 from its original offering
amount. The Company settled on 4,021,750 shares on December 12, 2003 and settled
on the remaining 1,478,250 shares on December 18, 2003. All shares were offered
by the Company, which generated total net proceeds of approximately $25 million
after commissions and expenses. The proceeds will be used to retire a
substantial portion of the Company's long and short-term debt, increase product
inventory, and for general corporate purposes. Philadelphia Brokerage
Corporation served as the placement agent for the offering.

Concurrently with the completion of this offering, the Company will be
converting approximately $5.73 million in debt and accrued interest into
3,215,871 shares of common stock. Irrevocable elections to convert debt and
accrued interest require conversions within 10 days of the sale of the minimum
offering amount.

As a result of the shares issued in this offering and the shares to be issued
upon the conversion of debt and accrued interest, the Company will have
approximately 16.4 million shares outstanding, of which approximately 52% are
held by insiders who have agreed to not sell or otherwise dispose of their
shares over the next four years due to certain state securities regulatory
requirements. The obligation of the insiders not to sell shares under the
foregoing agreements will cease to apply if the Company's shares become listed
on a national securities exchange or on the Nasdaq National Market System.
However, even if such a listing is achieved, VendingData(TM) Corporation
directors and executive officers are still prohibited from selling or otherwise
disposing of shares of the Company's common stock for 180 days after December
11, 2003 without the prior consent of Philadelphia Brokerage Company.

A copy of the final prospectus may be obtained by contacting:

                                      Robert Fisk
                                      Philadelphia Brokerage Corporation
                                      992 Old Eagle School Road, Suite 915
                                      Wayne, PA  19087
                                      (610) 975-9990





ABOUT VENDINGDATA(TM) CORPORATION

VendingData(TM) Corporation is a Las Vegas-based developer, manufacturer and
distributor of products for the gaming industry including the SecureDrop(R)
System, DeckChecker(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:
listing of the Company's securities on a national stock exchange or the Nasdaq
National Market System, 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 the Company 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; compliance with foreign laws and regulations; and the risks and
factors described from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


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