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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.42

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS
WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO TIDEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

                                   Right to Purchase 4,250,000 Shares of Common
                                   Stock of Tidel Technologies, Inc. (subject to
                                   adjustment as provided herein)

                          COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

No. 1                              Issue Date:  November 25, 2003

            TIDEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of
the State of Delaware, hereby certifies that, for value received, LAURUS MASTER
FUND, LTD., or assigns (the "HOLDER"), is entitled, subject to the terms set
forth below, to purchase from the Company (as defined herein) from and after the
Issue Date of this Warrant and at any time or from time to time before 5:00
p.m., New York time, November 24, 2010 (the "EXPIRATION DATE"), up to 4,250,000
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as hereinafter defined),
$.01 par value per share, at the applicable Exercise Price per share (as defined
below). The number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the
applicable Exercise Price per share are subject to adjustment as provided
herein.

            As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the following respective meanings:

                  (a) The term "COMPANY" shall include Tidel Technologies, Inc.
      and any corporation which shall succeed, or assume the obligations of,
      Tidel Technologies, Inc. hereunder.

                  (b) The term "COMMON STOCK" includes (i) the Company's Common
      Stock, par value $.01 per share, and (ii) any other securities into which
      or for which any of the securities described in (i) may be converted or
      exchanged pursuant to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization, merger,
      sale of assets or otherwise.

                  (c) The term "OTHER SECURITIES" refers to any stock (other
      than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other Person
      (as hereinafter defined) which the holder of the Warrant at any time shall
      be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of the
      Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or

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      which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange
      for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to
      Section 4 or otherwise.

                  (d) The "EXERCISE PRICE" applicable under this Warrant shall
      be a price of $0.40.

                  (e) The term "PERSON" shall mean any individual, firm,
      partnership, corporation, trust, joint venture, association, joint stock
      company, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or any
      other entity or organization, including a government or agency or
      political subdivision thereof, and shall include any successor (by merger
      or otherwise) of such entity.

      1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.

            1.1 Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise. From and after the date
hereof through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be entitled
to receive upon exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, by delivery of an
original or fax copy of an exercise notice in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the "EXERCISE NOTICE") together with payment as provided in Section
2.2, shares of Common Stock of the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to
Section 4.

            1.2 Fair Market Value. For purposes hereof, the "FAIR MARKET VALUE"
of a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (a "DETERMINATION DATE")
shall mean:

            1.2.1 If the Company's Common Stock is traded on the American Stock
Exchange or another national exchange or is quoted on the National or SmallCap
Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.("NASDAQ"), then the average of the
closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the last five business
days immediately preceding the Determination Date.

            1.2.2 If the Company's Common Stock is not traded on the American
Stock Exchange or another national exchange or on the Nasdaq but is traded on
the NASD OTC Bulletin Board or the National Quotation Bureau's Pink Sheets, then
the average of the mean of the average of the closing bid and asked prices
reported for the last five business days immediately preceding the Determination
Date.

            1.2.3 Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's
Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree or
in the absence of agreement by arbitration in accordance with the rules then in
effect of the American Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator to be
chosen from a panel of persons qualified by education and training to pass on
the matter to be decided.

            1.2.4 If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution
or winding up pursuant to the Company's charter, then all amounts to be payable
per share to holders of the Common Stock

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pursuant to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding
up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common
Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the purposes of this clause
(d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant are outstanding at the Determination Date.

            1.3 Trustee for Warrant Holders. In the event that a bank or trust
company shall have been appointed as trustee for the holders of the Warrant
pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers
and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and shall accept, in
its own name for the account of the Company or such successor Person as may be
entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such
successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.

      2. PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISE.

            2.1 Delivery of Stock Certificates, etc. on Exercise. The Company
agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of such shares as
of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been
surrendered and payment made for such shares in accordance herewith. As soon as
practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any
event within three (3) business days thereafter, the Company at its expense
(including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be
issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, or as such Holder (upon
payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in
compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for
the number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be entitled on
such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such holder would
otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Fair
Market Value of one full share, together with any other stock or other
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which such Holder
is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.

            2.2 Exercise. Payment may be made either (i) in cash or by certified
or official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to the
applicable aggregate Exercise Price, (ii) by delivery of the Warrant or shares
of Common Stock, (iii) by delivering of Common Stock receivable upon exercise of
the Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof, and subject to the limitations
set forth below, or (iv) by a combination of any of the foregoing methods, for
the number of Common Shares specified in such Exercise Notice (as such exercise
number shall be adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the total number of shares
of Common Stock issuable to the Holder per the terms of this Warrant) and the
Holder shall thereupon be entitled to receive the number of duly authorized,
validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) determined as provided herein. Notwithstanding any provisions herein
to the contrary, if at any time after the first anniversary of the date hereof,
the Holder wishes to exercise this Warrant, and the Company does not have an
effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission covering the resale of the Common Stock and/or Other Securities, as
applicable, issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, in lieu of exercising this
Warrant for cash the Holder may elect to receive shares equal to the value

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(as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being exercised)
by surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together
with the properly endorsed Exercise Notice in which event the Company shall
issue to the Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:

            X=Y (A-B)
                ----
                 A

      Where X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder

      Y= the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the Warrant or,
if only a portion of the Warrant is being exercised, the portion of the Warrant
being exercised (at the date of such calculation)

      A= the Fair Market Value of one share of the Company's Common Stock (at
the date of such calculation)

      B= Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation)

      3. EFFECT OF REORGANIZATION, ETC.; ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE.

            3.1 Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case at any time
or from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b)
consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or (c) transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets to any other Person under any plan
or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such
case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and
adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder of this
Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the
consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective
date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the
Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such
consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property
(including cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such
consummation or in connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such
Holder had so exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to
further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.

            3.2 Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the Company
following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets,
the Company, concurrently with any distributions made to holders of its Common
Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder the
stock and other securities and property (including cash, where applicable)
receivable by the Holder of the Warrant pursuant to Section 3.1, or, if the
Holder shall so instruct the Company, to a bank or trust company specified by
the Holder and having its principal office in New York, NY as trustee for the
Holder of the Warrant.

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            3.3 Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization, consolidation,
merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in
this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and effect and the
terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the consummation of
such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of
dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be
binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other securities, including, in the
case of any such transfer, the Person acquiring all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such Person shall have
expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the
event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the
consummation of the transactions described in this Section 3, then the Company's
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the
Holders of the Warrant will be delivered to the Holder or the Trustee as
contemplated by Section 3.2.

      4. EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS REGARDING COMMON STOCK. In the event that the
Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or
other distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding
shares of Common Stock, (c) combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares of the Common Stock or (d) issue any shares of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable
for Common Stock to a Person other than the Holder (otherwise than (i) pursuant
to Subsections (a), (b) or (c) above; or (ii) pursuant to options, warrants, or
other obligations to issue shares outstanding on the date hereof as disclosed to
Holder in writing) for a consideration per share or having an exercise,
conversion or exchange price (the "Offer Price") less than the Exercise Price in
effect at the time of such issuance, then, in each such event, the Exercise
Price shall, simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by
multiplying the then Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such
event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall
thereafter be the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so
adjusted, shall be readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any
successive event or events described in this Section 4. The number of shares of
Common Stock that the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter, on the exercise
hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be increased to a
number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would
otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such
exercise by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that
would otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b)
the denominator is the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise.

      5. CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. In each case of any adjustment or
readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the
exercise of the Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its
Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment
or readjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail
the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a
statement of (a)

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the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any additional
shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed to have
been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price
and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this
Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as
adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith
mail a copy of each such certificate to the holder of the Warrant and any
Warrant agent of the Company (appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).

      6. DE MINIMIS ADJUSTMENTS. If the amount of any adjustment of the Exercise
Price per share required pursuant to Section 5 would be less than $.01, such
amount shall be carried forward and adjustments with respect thereto made at the
time of and together with any subsequent adjustment which, together with such
amount and any other amount or amounts so carried forward, shall aggregate a
change in the Exercise Price of at least $.01 per share. All calculations under
this Warrant shall be made to the nearest .001 of a cent or to the nearest
one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be.

      7. RESERVATION OF STOCK, ETC. ISSUABLE ON EXERCISE OF WARRANT. The Company
will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery
on the exercise of the Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
from time to time issuable on the exercise of the Warrant.

      8. ASSIGNMENT; EXCHANGE OF WARRANT. Subject to compliance with applicable
securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be
transferred by any registered holder hereof (a "Transferor") in whole or in
part. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's
endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the "Transferor
Endorsement Form") and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall
include, without limitation, a legal opinion from the Transferor's counsel that
such transfer is exempt from the registration requirements of applicable
securities laws, the Company at its expense but with payment by the Transferor
of any applicable transfer taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of
the Transferor thereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the
Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in such Transferor Endorsement
Form (each a "Transferee"), calling in the aggregate on the face or faces
thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces
of the Warrant so surrendered by the Transferor.

      9. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT. On receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant
and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, on
delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably satisfactory in form
and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender
and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

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      10. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Holder of this Warrant has been granted
certain registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set
forth in a Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company and
Purchaser dated as of the date hereof.

      11. MAXIMUM EXERCISE. The Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this
Warrant on an exercise date, in connection with that number of shares of Common
Stock which would be in excess of the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates on an exercise date,
and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this
Warrant with respect to which the determination of this proviso is being made on
an exercise date, which would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and
its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company on such date. For the purposes of the proviso to the immediately
preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Regulation
13d-3 thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restriction described in
this paragraph may be revoked upon 75 days prior notice from the Holder to the
Company and is automatically null and void upon an Event of Default under the
Note.

      12. WARRANT AGENT. The Company may, by written notice to the each Holder
of the Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or
Other Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1,
exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant
pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such
issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such
office by such agent.

      13. TRANSFER ON THE COMPANY'S BOOKS. Until this Warrant is transferred on
the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as
the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.

      14. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications from the Company to
the Holder of this Warrant shall be mailed by first class registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, or sent by nationally recognized overnight
courier, at such address as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by
such Holder or, until any such Holder furnishes to the Company an address, then
to, and at the address of, the last Holder of this Warrant who has so furnished
an address to the Company.

      15. VOLUNTARY ADJUSTMENT BY THE COMPANY. The Company may at any time
during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any
amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors
of the Company.

      16. NO SHORTING. The Purchaser or any of its affiliates and investment
partners will not and will not cause any Person, directly or indirectly, to
engage in "short sales" of the Company's Common Stock or any other hedging
strategies.

      17. MISCELLANEOUS. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against which

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enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This
Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of State
of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. Any action
brought concerning the transactions contemplated by this Warrant shall be
brought only in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts located in
the state of New York; provided, however, that the Holder may choose to waive
this provision and bring an action outside the state of New York. The
individuals executing this Warrant on behalf of the Company agree to submit to
the jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party
shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney's fees
and costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant is invalid or
unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision
shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and
shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such
provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Warrant.
The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not
limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision. The Company acknowledges that legal
counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant and, therefore,
stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this
Warrant to favor any party against the other party.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the
date first written above.

                                                   TIDEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                                   By: /s/ James T. Rash
                                                       --------------------
                                                   Name: James T. Rash
                                                   Title: CEO

Witness:

/s/ Leonard L. Carr
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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION

(To be signed only on exercise of Warrant)

TO: Tidel Technologies, Inc.

    2900 Wilcrest Suite 205

    Houston, Texas  77042

    Attention:  Mr. James T. Rash, Jr.

The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant
(No.____), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):

___ ________ shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant; or

___ the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.

The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for such
shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is
$___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):

___ $__________ in lawful money of the United States; and/or

___ the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as is exercisable
for a total of _______ shares of Common Stock (using a Fair Market Value of
$_______ per share for purposes of this calculation); and/or

___ the cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as is necessary,
in accordance with the formula set forth in Section 2.2, to exercise this
Warrant with respect to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
purchaseable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in Section 2.

The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the
name of, and delivered to ____________________ whose address is
______________________________.

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The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the
undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall
be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act.
Dated:___________________           ____________________________________________

                                    (Signature must conform to name of holder as
                                    specified on the face of the Warrant)

                                    ____________________________________________
                                    (Address)

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                         FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
                   (To be signed only on transfer of Warrant)

            For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and
transfers unto the person(s) named below under the heading "Transferees" the
right represented by the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of
shares of Common Stock of Tidel Technologies, Inc. into which the within Warrant
relates specified under the headings "Percentage Transferred" and "Number
Transferred," respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints
each such person Attorney to transfer its respective right on the books of Tidel
Technologies, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

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                      Percentage
Transferees  Address  Transferred  Number Transferrred
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Dated:___________________            ___________________________________________

                                    (Signature must conform to name of holder as
                                     specified on the face of the Warrant)

Signed in the presence of:

_________________________________    ___________________________________________

            (Name)                                      (Address)

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
[TRANSFEREE]

_________________________________    ___________________________________________

            (Name)                                      (Address)

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