Pachinko stand-alone and bonusing game

A bonus game system comprising:

• a slot machine, said slot machine having a credit meter;
• a Pachinko game located at said slot machine, said Pachinko game having:
• (a) a playing field, said playing field having a plurality of deflection devices;
• (b) a play piece;
• (c) a launch mechanism, said launch mechanism propelling said play piece onto said playing field when an initiate condition occurs during the play of said slot machine;
• (d) lanes on said playing field, said play piece after traversing said plurality of deflection devices in the playing field traveling through one of said lanes;
• (e) a bonus payoff display at each of said plurality of lanes on said playing field;
• said credit meter at said slot machine incremented by the amount of the bonus payoff value on said display at said lane said play piece traveled through.

A Pachinko payoff dispensing system for an underlying game machine played by a player, said Pachinko payoff dispensing system comprising:

• a playing field, said playing field having a plurality of deflection devices;
• a play piece;
• a launch mechanism, said launch mechanism propelling said play piece onto said playing field when a payoff occurs based upon an initiate condition in said underlying game;
• lanes on said playing field, said play piece after traversing said plurality of deflection devices in field traveling through one of said lanes;
• a payoff display at each of said plurality of lanes on said playing field;
• a random set of values for said displays in a pay table based upon EV=.SIGMA..sub.k (w.sub.l,k .times.P.sub.l,k)=D,
• where EV.sub.l =Expected Value for lane l of said lane,
• P.sub.l,k =Set of values for lane l
• w.sub.l,k =Weights associated with values per lane l
• D=Said Payoff
• a credit meter, said credit meter incremented by the amount of the value on said display at said lane said play piece traveled through.

A Pachinko bonus game for an underlying game machine played by a player, said underlying game machine having a credit meter, said Pachinko bonus game comprising:

• a playing field, said playing field having a plurality of deflection devices;
• a play piece;
• a launch mechanism, said launch mechanism propelling said play piece onto said playing field when an initiate condition occurs during the play of said underlying game;
• lanes on said playing field, said play piece after traversing said plurality of deflection devices in said playing field traveling through one of said lanes;
• fixed bonus payoff values at each of said plurality of lanes on said playing field;
• said credit meter at said underlying game to be incremented by the amount of the bonus payoff value at said lane said play piece traveled through.