Feed Bag

Feed Bag, manufactured by Western Equipment & Supply Company in July 1938, is a single-player electromechanical one-ball payout machine with a horse-racing theme, part of the wave of horse-racing-themed payout games popular in the late 1930s.

As a one-ball payout machine, Feed Bag's gameplay centered on a single plunged ball settling into a scoring position that determined a cash payout, rather than the flipper-based, multi-ball skill play associated with later pinball machines — flippers would not be introduced to the industry until 1947, nearly a decade after Feed Bag's release.

Beyond its basic classification, little detailed documentation survives about Feed Bag's specific features or artwork. Its horse-racing theme places it within a well-established genre of Depression-era payout machines designed to appeal to bettors and racing fans.