Arlington Horse Racing is a horse racing

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 arcade game

Arcade game

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...

 released by Strata / Incredible Technologies

Incredible Technologies

Incredible Technologies , based in Arlington Heights, Illinois is a US-based designer and manufacturer of coin-operated video games. Some of their games include Silver Strike Bowling, Power Putt, Target Toss Pro: Bags/Lawn Darts, and Golden Tee Golf...

 in 1990, based on the Arlington Park

Arlington Park

Arlington Park is a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horse racing in the Chicago region has been a popular sport since the early days of the city in the 1830s, and at one time Chicago had more horse racing tracks than any other major metropolitan area...

 race track.

Summary

The player inserts coins into the slots, and then bet on the horses. When he is finished betting, press the start race button to see the horse run the track. The game then pays off any winning bids in credits, and then starts over. The game features the voice of Arlington's famous announcer Phil Georgeff

Phil Georgeff

Phil Georgeff is a retired racetrack announcer from the Chicago area."THE VOICE OF CHICAGO RACING" called races at venues including Arlington Park and Hawthorne Race Course, from 1959 to 1992. He was also Publicity Director at Hawthorne Race Course...

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External links

• Arlington Horse Racing at Arcade History