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Online Poker in Delaware [2025 Update]
On Tuesday, February 25, 2014, Nevada and Delaware lawmakers signed a landmark agreement to join the states together in online poker ventures, potentially increasing payouts for ...
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Hax Target: Los Angeles DMV [2023 Update]
Apparently the general disdain that people stereotypically have for the DMV is shared by the collective Hacker community. Or maybe local governments still haven't caught up with th...
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Here Comes CoinSummit! [2023 Update]
Today marks the start of CoinSummit San Francisco, a two-day event ”connecting virtual currency entrepreneurs, angel and VC investors, hedge fund professionals and others who ar...
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Terminal Retirements
Following up on our recent blog about terminal of the future, the VX 520, today we're going to let the other shoe drop. With the payment processing industry thrusting its spotlight...
Read MoreThe VX 520 Embraces the Future
Sometimes the future just sort of sneaks up on you. Even if you've given yourself reminders, sticky notes, calendar alarms, and the proverbial string tied around your finger, the f...
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The Doom of Mt. Gox [2023 Update]
February was the month that the all-seeing eye of the media turned its lidless gaze upon Bitcoin and the craggy peaks of Mt. Gox, the Japanese Bitcoin exchange site. Almost half ...
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PayPal President Hacked [2023 Update]
Twitter, the modern equivalent of Mad Libs and the yellow journalism of the late 19th century, has revealed to us a gem of irony that makes the whole Target getting hacked story se...
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It's 1, 2, 3 Swipes, You're Out!
It's mid-February 2014. The Mid-Atlantic, homebase to Host Merchant Services, has been mired in a series of snowstorms that makes the jaunty tune of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" ...
Read MoreThe Bitcoin Roller Coaster
Back in November, The Official Merchant Services Blog dove into the Bitcoin currency craze with an in-depth look at Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin, introduced in 2008 by a programmer or g...
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