To provide a prize providing apparatus which is used in a game machine such as a slot machine and a Pachinko machine, has a prize housing part where a prize to be provided can be identified visually, identifiably displays a situation until the prize is provided and enables the prize to be taken out from the prize housing part on a prescribed condition.

The prize providing apparatus for providing the prize to a player based on the game state of the game machine is provided with: a reception part for receiving a signal outputted based on the game situation from the game machine; an arithmetic means for counting a value based on the signal accumulatively in order; and the prize housing part formed so that the prize to be provided can be visually identified from the outside. A result of arithmetic operation obtained by the arithmetic means can visually be identified, and the prize can be taken out from the prize housing part when the result of the arithmetic operation amounts to a prescribed value.