**EXHIBIT
            31.1**
 
 **CERTIFICATION
            OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER**
 
 Section
            302 Certification
 
 I, Mark
            R.
            Newburg ,
            certify
            that:
  1.  I
            have
            reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of VendingData
            Corporation;
  2.  Based
            on
            my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement
            of a
            material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
            statements
            made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were
            made, not
            misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
  3.  Based
            on
            my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information
            included
            in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
            condition,
            results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer as
            of, and
            for, the periods presented in this report;
  4.  The
            small
            business issuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for
            establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
            in
            Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer
            and
            have:
  a)  Designed
            such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
            and
            procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
            information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated
            subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
            during the period in which this report is being prepared;
  b)  Evaluated
            the effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls and
            procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
            of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period
            covered by
            this report based on such evaluation; and
  c)  Disclosed
            in this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control over
            financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s fiscal
            quarter presented in this report that has materially affected, or is
            reasonably
            likely to materially affect, the small business issuer’s internal control over
            financial reporting; and
  5.  The
            small
            business issuer’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
            most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
            to the
            small business issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business
            issuer’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
            functions):
  a)  All
            significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
            of
            internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely
            to
            adversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process,
            summarize and report financial data information; and
  b)  Any
            fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
            who
            have a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over
            financial reporting.
  Date:August
                      14, 2006
                  
                  By:
                  /s/
                      Mark R. NewburgMark
                      R. Newburg,President,
                      Chief Executive Officerand Treasurer(Principal
                      Executive Officer)