To provide a pinball game machine capable of improving fun as a performance means for a holding number reporting means.

The pinball game machine reports the increase of a holding number on the basis of the reception of a holding increase command indicating that the holding number has increased. By turning the selection probability of delay increase reporting for delaying the timing of reporting the holding number increase more than usual, for instance, to 10% in the case of a holding upper limit and to 1% in the case other than the holding upper limit, the reporting timing of the holding number increase is made different according to the holding number.