Rim-mounted roulette ball launching system

A roulette ball launching system mountable to a roulette table, the roulette table including a roulette wheel in a concave bowl with a top rim and a circular ball path around an upper circumference of the bowl below the top rim, the launching system comprising:

• a mounting structure including an outer jaw and an inner jaw, the outer jaw and the inner jaw extending downward from the mounting structure, the mounting structure configured to be fixed to the top rim of the bowl via clamping the top rim between the outer and inner jaws;
• a roulette ball launcher connected to the mounting structure, the roulette ball launcher having a launch position with at least a part of the ball launcher extending into the bowl below the top rim and a retracted position with the at least part of the ball launcher withdrawn out of the bowl;
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• the ball launcher in the launch position being configured to release the roulette ball within the circular ball path underneath the top rim.