Ball launcher and a ball gaming system including such ball launcher

A ball launcher for launching a ball into a roulette playing area, comprising:

• at least one launch tube, and a ball gate for gating the ball into the launch tube;
• said ball gate includes a ball shuttle adapted to be moveable from at least one ball-receiving station to said at least one launch tube to transport the ball from the ball-receiving station to said at least one launch tube;
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• said ball shuttle is adapted to move to a reject ball station in response to a reject ball signal to transport any ball to be replaced to said reject-ball station instead of said at least one launch tube,
• wherein said ball shuttle is adapted to be movable to a first ball-receiving station for receiving a used ball coming from the playing area, and to a second ball-receiving station for receiving a new ball from a ball storage connectable to said second ball-receiving station, and
• wherein, in response to said reject ball signal, the ball shuttle is adapted to move from said first ball receiving station to said reject ball station to sort out said ball to be replaced, and to move from said reject ball station to said second ball receiving station for receiving a new ball from said ball storage, and to move from said second ball receiving station to said at least one launch tube to gate the new ball into said at least one launch tube.