Record Time

Record Time, a June 1940 electro-mechanical one-ball horse-racing game from Bally Manufacturing Corporation, continues Bally's long line of horse-race-themed payout machines from the 1930s and 40s.

Record Time boasts several notable features: designed for jurisdictions permitting only one ball per play, it includes a Skill Lane option for markets requiring five-ball play instead. The machine also features 28 trap holes, adding an extra layer of challenge and strategy to the gameplay. A payout version of the same game was released as Bally's 'Santa Anita'.

The design and art of Record Time are typical of the electro-mechanical horse-racing payout games of its era, though specific details about the designer or artist are not documented. It remains a representative example of Bally's prolific horse-racing game lineage from the period.