THE TRANSITION OF GAMBLING IN INDIA: “SATTA MATKA”

Posted by sachin on April 19th, 2021

Gambling is a game of chance or probability, with conscious acknowledgment of risk in the gambling a person places his bet in hope of gain. Whereas a minute miscalculation can lead to a huge loss in the game. You just can’t deduce the origination of gambling in India. It has existed since the prehistoric age. Civilization came and go but gambling hustled through the ages and it persists in modern times. In this era, Gambling has got a makeover and available in different varieties.

The history of gambling in India is older than the first civilization. In Ramayana there are some depicts of gambling. Today gambling is enjoyed all over India, although some state has banned gambling and it is illegal over there. Today we will be going to talk about one of the most infamous types of gambling in India. The “Satta Matka”.

Satta Matka is a form of gambling. In other words, in this gambling, a person can bet money on a number or a thing depending upon its opening and closing rates. If the luck is in the favor of that person and his chosen number matches with a listed favourable number, he is the winner. Matka gambling gained popularity just after the independence of India. The inception of this gambling dates back to 1950, at that time it was monikered as “Ankada Jugar”.   Now it is completely different from what it was during its initiation. At that time, it was based on cotton textile. New York cotton exchange used to send closing and opening price of cotton textile to Bombay cotton exchange via teleprinters. But in the year 1961 New York cotton exchange stopped this betting maneuver, people started to look for other options of gambling.

WHAT IS SATTA MATKA?

In the earlier times, Satta Matka used to occur on paper. On a piece of paper numbers between 0-9 used to be written on individual pieces.  These pieces of paper then get placed in the Matka. A person who is in charge of gambling picks out a random piece of paper from the market and reads the matching winning numbers. The game of gambling changes with time. Now people play it on cards, random three cards with numbers are drawn from a deck of cards.

In the mid-80s and 90s, Matka gambling was on the hype. Gambling was trending all over India in those decades. Approximately 50crore rupees were indulged in the betting business of Satta every month. Owing to the predominant popularity of the gamble, the Satta Matka grew rapidly and hence get in the eyes of the administration. Gambling was illegal in India since the British era, so police were tracking down the gamblers and halting the gambling process in the due course. 

In the recent era of Satta, Matka is completely changed, it has been shifted online. Now a person bets on a number online and the winning numbers are generated automatically with the help of AI. Satta Matka is going on various websites through lottery and gambling. Even the gambling is illegal in India, online gambling and betting are flourishing at a rapid speed.  

Although gambling is illegal in India since 1867, there are some exceptions to gambling which is still legal, like lotteries and horse racing.

However, gambling is still a crucial factor. People get bankrupt owing to their gambling addiction. We are well aware of the Vivid example about the downside of gambling, Pandavas lost to Kauravas, they lost everything and even their wife at the end in a game of gambling. The game is based on uncertainty and luck factors. Although with little knowledge and experience, one can get proficiency over it. But it is totally rare.

Satta Matka now

Satta Matka is expanding and flourishing in India through online platform. People who are interested in this game can go to the respective website and try their luck. Nowadays their several mobile apps related to Satta Matka available on the internet. All you need is to download and place your bet and try your luck. But most importantly don’t get addicted to it. Even though a person wins twice or thrice in a strike; it will only happen because of his luck. It is fairly a game of luck, so any deduction and probability can fail at a certain end and he may lose everything. 

Satta Matka originated in the United States is still widely popular and is fast growing in western Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Delhi, and many other states, but now it is played in online mode with much more ease and comfort. There are some apps available on the play store like Satta King. For more details and tricks related to the game vast knowledge about the game is easily available on various sites.

Kalyan Matka

Now there is one more Satta game called Kalyan Matka. Its inception dates back to the ’90s, and it is played like gambling. Kalyan is a place in Mumbai where it started, but due to series of police raids, it lost its craze after some time. But now in the era of the internet “Kalyan Matka” has got its passionate players back. The game is easy and comprehensible to understand. Same as Satta Matka, Kalyan Matka is also number based game. In this game, the winner is decided by guessing numbers or a pair of numbers.

Conclusion

Satta Matka or Kalyan Matka is a game of luck and nothing else. After so many decades the game is still flourishing in India and a huge amount of betting is regularly made on it. The only difference that is made in all these years is that earlier it was played at betting sites and now people didn’t have to physically go anywhere. Everything is done on their phone or laptop.