Roulette ball launching system

A roulette ball launching system including a roulette table comprising a roulette wheel having a roulette wheel bowl with a circumferential ball track proximate and inside of the roulette wheel bowl, the roulette ball launching system also including a ball launching device, the ball launching device, comprising:

• a beam extending from a proximal end to a distal end;
• a rotor shaft connected to the beam proximate the distal end of the beam, the rotor shaft defining a rotor axis below the distal end of the beam;
• a driver operatively connected to the rotor shaft and configured to impart rotary motion about the rotor axis defined by the rotor shaft, the rotary motion being in a horizontal plane;
• a rotor extending from the rotor shaft and operatively connected to the driver for rotation about the rotor axis;
• a ball cup assembly mounted to the rotor and under the distal end of the beam, the ball cup assembly comprising a first cup wall, and a second cup wall, the first and second cup walls being spaced apart from each other;
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• the beam being positionable over the roulette wheel bowl to position the rotor and the ball cup assembly inside the roulette wheel bowl proximal the circumferential ball track, a perimeter of the circumferential ball track defining the horizontal plane,
• wherein the driver is configured to rotate the rotor through the horizontal plane, about the rotor axis, below the distal end of the beam, to a launch angle with a roulette ball captured between the first and second cup walls, and
• wherein a launch actuator is configured to cause at least one of the first and second cup walls to move away from the other cup wall to release the roulette ball from the ball cup assembly into the circumferential ball track when the rotor is at the launch angle.