A ticket redemption game having an upright cabinet. The upright cabinet houses a cylindrical drum which may be rotated through the use of a control by at least one electric motor. In the interior of the cylindrical drum are a plurality of balls. When the drum is rotated, the plurality of balls is moved from a low point to an apex of the cylindrical drum along an interior circumference of the cylindrical drum by the aid of traction elements.

A ticket redemption game having an upright cabinet. The upright cabinet houses a cylindrical drum which may be rotated through the use of a control by at least one electric motor. In the interior of the cylindrical drum are a plurality of balls. When the drum is rotated, the plurality of balls is moved from a low point to an apex of the cylindrical drum along an interior circumference of the cylindrical drum by the aid of traction elements.

A pinball machine includes an inclined playfield having a pair of lower flippers located near a lower portion of the inclined playfield and at least one upper flipper. A ramp is mounted to the inclined playfield and arranged so that the ball propelled from each of the flippers may enter the ramp and travel the length of the ramp. The ramp includes a ramp surface having a ramp entrance configured to be disposed on the playfield, a ramp main portion, and a ramp exit. a pair of sidewalls is disposed adjacent opposite sides of the ramp surface and the ramp surface has a first width at the ramp entrance, a second width at the ramp exit, and a third width intermediate the ramp entrance and the ramp exit, the third width being greater than the first width and the second width.