the game is giving out balls for almost any inlane switch, cards lit or not, and it seems to begin around 35000 points, but random.
the king inlane switch always gives an added ball, once it reaches that random 30000-ish.
it will add a ball for the "SPIN" kickout hole, and for any rollover, whether cards are lit or not.
trying to see if setting to novelty will kill off this behavior. thanks...