Santa Anita

The Santa Anita is a payout-style, one-ball electro-mechanical pinball machine from J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated of Chicago, a manufacturer active in coin-operated devices from 1934 to 1964. The specific year Santa Anita was produced is not documented, so it could date from anywhere within that three-decade span.

As a One Ball payout machine, Santa Anita would have paid winnings directly rather than awarding replays, placing it among the gambling-oriented pinball machines common in mid-20th-century America before such payout games were restricted in many jurisdictions. The cabinet was advertised at 21 by 53 inches.

Beyond its dimensions and payout format, little else is documented about Santa Anita's designer, theme, or artwork. It remains an intriguing but under-recorded entry from one of the era's prolific coin-machine manufacturers.