Roulette apparatus and method to ensure unambiguous wheel positions

A roulette apparatus (1) comprising at least one mechanical roulette wheel (2) with a number of pockets (3) to receive a ball (4) and an electrical roulette-display-system (10) with at least one graphical electronic display (11) surrounding the roulette wheel (2), wherein the electronic display (11) comprising a number of display fields (12) to display single betting numbers (N) and wherein a sensor unit (20), a drive unit (30) and a control system (40) are provided, wherein the drive unit (301 is adapted to rotate the roulette wheel (2), and wherein the control system (40) is adapted to receive status information from the sensor unit (20) about the roulette wheel (2) and/or the ball (4) rested in one of the pockets (3) and the control system (40) may cause the roulette wheel (2) based on the received status information to be adjusted via the drive unit (30) in an unambiguous final position in relation to the display (11), wherein the pocket (3) with the ball (4) lies completely in congruence with the directly adjacent respective display field on the electronic display (11) such that side borders (3a, 3b) of the pocket (3) are both between side borders (12a, 12b), defining one of the display fields (12).