Why do gas stations require a ZIP code for card payments while almost no other type of (physical) merchant requires this verification?

Question

Why do gas stations require a ZIP code for card payments while almost no other type of (physical) merchant requires this verification?

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Answer 1

Is that a regional thing or only at specific gas stations? I gassed up quite a few times in California and Florida and always paid with credit card, never encoutered that.