A method of operating a casino roulette game, including: providing a roulette wheel having a series of numbers, each number additionally having an assigned colour characteristic; providing a betting layout having marked areas whereby one or more players may place a bet on a result of the roulette wheel, the betting layout further including at least one side bet area for placing at least one side bet; providing automated means for determining the timing of a first event selected from: release of a ball in the roulette wheel; and/or a ball in the roulette wheel descending from a rim of the roulette wheel; and providing automated means for determining the timing of a second event in which the roulette wheel produces the game result; spinning the roulette wheel to produce a game result comprising one of the roulette wheel numbers and its assigned colour characteristic; providing a random number generator producing, for each spin of the roulette wheel, at least one random number selected from the same series of numbers with assigned colour characteristics as represented on the roulette wheel; wherein the production of the at least one random number is performed after the automated means for determining the timing of the first event has determined that the first event has occurred and before the automated means for determining the timing of the second event has determined that the second event has occurred; and displaying said at least one random number; and settling roulette bets on the basis of the roulette wheel game result; settling the at least one side bet on the basis of the roulette wheel game result matching the at least one random number with one or a combination of colour characteristic and number. providing a roulette wheel having a series of numbers, each number additionally having an assigned colour characteristic; providing a betting layout having marked areas whereby one or more players may place a bet on a result of the roulette wheel, the betting layout further including at least one side bet area for placing at least one side bet; providing automated means for determining the timing of a first event selected from: release of a ball in the roulette wheel; and/or a ball in the roulette wheel descending from a rim of the roulette wheel; and release of a ball in the roulette wheel; and/or a ball in the roulette wheel descending from a rim of the roulette wheel; and providing automated means for determining the timing of a second event in which the roulette wheel produces the game result; spinning the roulette wheel to produce a game result comprising one of the roulette wheel numbers and its assigned colour characteristic; providing a random number generator producing, for each spin of the roulette wheel, at least one random number selected from the same series of numbers with assigned colour characteristics as represented on the roulette wheel; wherein the production of the at least one random number is performed after the automated means for determining the timing of the first event has determined that the first event has occurred and before the automated means for determining the timing of the second event has determined that the second event has occurred; and displaying said at least one random number; and settling roulette bets on the basis of the roulette wheel game result; settling the at least one side bet on the basis of the roulette wheel game result matching the at least one random number with one or a combination of colour characteristic and number.