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Merit Entertainment chooses USA Technologies' ePort software for touchscreens

November 9, 2008

MALVERN, Pa. — USA Technologies Inc., and Merit Entertainment announced an agreement where Merit will install USA Technologies' ePort software in thousands of its new Megatouch touchscreen entertainment systems. Merit, provider of Megatouch countertop entertainment systems for 30 years, selected the ePort software and ePort Connect Services to help give Megatouch players the ability to pay with their debit or credit cards. Merit will install the ePort cashless transaction software in all new domestic Megatouch products manufactured over the next three years. USA Technologies will act as the exclusive provider to Merit of card processing and credit/debit card data services. "Our mission is to give customers the most enjoyable playing experience by delivering the best games, software, hardware, service and support," said Colin Higbie, director of marketing for Merit Entertainment. "With ePort Connect, Merit will give players the added ease and convenience of being able to use their credit or debit card to purchase credits on the Megatouch. For operators, the ePort Connect cashless payment system means greater efficiency, improved reliability over coin and bill-only systems, and the preferred means of payment among our younger generation of consumers, all of which work together to increase revenue, lower service costs and increase overall ROI." Merit is the first company to bring the ePort cashless payment solution to the multi-billion dollar countertop touchscreen entertainment market. Merit has the lion's share of the touchscreen amusement market, with an estimated 250,000 Megatouch games in use, delivering more than four billion game play experiences for customers a year.