14 July 2016, Matt Assad, For shame! A new effort to stop underage gamblers, Those under 21 who make it to the casino floor can be charged if they’re caught ordering a drink or gambling. A few sneak around the barriers and some have fake IDs so good they beat even the newest card-readers.
12 August 2016, , Give new parking rates a chance, with tweaks, Expecting drivers to have handfuls of change for meter parking is too onerous a step in the effort to push motorists to the lots and garages, and failure to have card-readers for all meters by now was bad planning on the city’s part.
25 September 2016, Russell Grantham, Chip credit cards tough switch for many, Stuck in the middle are customers like Spencer Martinez, who wonder what to do when it comes time to pay for their purchases: swipe (for the traditional card-readers) or insert (for chip card terminals).
4 March 2017, Associated Press, Police: Teenagers found with credit card skimmers, Martin says criminals install skimmers inside ATMs or card-readers on gas pumps, where they record information.
30 December 2017, Josh Freed, Just you wait — technology might be the end of the line, Visit Apple’s jam-packed stores and you won’t see lines at the cash — because every sales clerk is also your cashier, using cellphone card-readers to zip you through.
18 September 2018, Michael Goot, Diamond Point Beach regulations adopted, Town officers had talked about putting in an electronic card-reader, but Dickinson dropped that idea because of the cost.
29 October 2018, Amber Aldaco, Should the U.S. invest more in space exploration?, Even card-readers use technology that was invented from the space missions, he said, along with meals ready to eat, or MREs, which are now used for soldiers.
4 July 2019, Christian Vosler, Improvements suspend ferry service, Workers will also be installing digital monitors and ORCA card-readers ahead of the facility’s expected opening on July 29.
25 November 2019, Thomas B. Langhorne, Official: Mistrust isn’t enough, The technician reportedly used a microchip card-reader that didn’t have the storage capacity to hold the total number of early votes cast.
1 June 2021, Josh Moyer, New Amish farmers market coming to Centre County, (He said he is considering other payment options; it’s possible a non-Amish person could operate a card-reader in the future, for example.)
