A Pachinko bonus game system for an underlying game machine. The Pachinko
bonus game has a playing field with a plurality of rows of pegs. A ball is
launched onto the playing field by a launch mechanism when an initiate
condition occurs during play of the underlying game. A row of lanes are
provided on the playing field. The ball, after traversing among the pegs
on the playing field, eventually travels through one of the lanes. At each
lane is randomly displayed a bonus payoff value. The lane the ball travels
through senses the presence of the ball and the value displayed for that
lane is added to the credit meter in the underlying game. The bonus payoff
values are randomly changed from game to game which eliminates any
mechanical bias present in the Pachinko game. A stand-alone Pachinko game
as well as using a Pachinko game as a coin dispenser is also provided.