To provide a hoisting apparatus for game balls which is ideal viewed from the saving of energy and economy and moreover, accomplishes environmental improvement by reducing burden on a motor or the like to extend the life of the apparatus.

A ball polishing/hoisting device 5 is arranged at the central part of a pachinko island 1 to polish game balls while hoisting them. An upper tank 7 is provided at an upper part of the ball polishing/hoisting device 5 and a return ball counter 22 on a return pipe 21 connected to the upper tank 7. A disqualified ball counter 13 is mounted at a lower part of a pachinko machine 3 to count disqualified balls discharged from the pachinko machine 3 and a lower rail 17 is connected to a collector 19. In this embodiment, the rotational speed of a drive motor for driving a leather belt feeder is controlled according to the amount of the disqualified balls counted by the disqualified ball counter 13 and that of the return balls counted by the return ball counter 22.