Satta King was a popular game of India during the country’s new era of history. Satta Matka gambling started its journey in the 1950s when India gained its independence. It was a time of utmost political disorder, and it was a time when people were trying their luck to become rich. This was when this gambling game earned its reputation amongst people named ‘Akanda Jugar.’ Like every other thing in this world, Satta King game also evolved from its inception. 

After evolving completely to its modern form, it was named and is now widely known as Matka. In between the 1980s-90s, the business around this game reached its peak. After that, only the common mass started moving towards the lottery and betting on bigger games like cricket matches. 

Here’s Satta king chart : Ratan Khatri was the well-known founder of this game. 

History of the game: 

Satta Matka was introduced in the 50s, just after the independence of the country. People made their bets on rates of cotton. Interestingly, the Bombay Cotton Exchange and the New York Cotton Exchange played a vital role via teleprinters. 

● The New York Cotton Exchange put off its practices of transmitting cotton to Bombay. Then the gamblers had to move for an alternative option to place their bets on. The businessmen also were in desperate need of this alternative to make the business alive. This was when the game started evolving. 
● Ratan Khatri was the founder of the game. He first provided the idea of making rates on imaginary products. 
● Numbers 0 to 9 were written on paper and kept into a Matka (a large earthen pitcher). A person then draws a chit to find out the winning number. Over time, this practice changed, but the name ‘Matka’ was kept intact. 
● In 1962, the Kalyan Worli Matka was introduced by Kalyanji Bhagat. Kalyanji Bhagat was the owner of a grocery shop in Worli. Here the beggars could play with the minimum bet of one rupee. Two years later, the New Worli Matka was introduced by Ratan Khatri. There he made some modifications to the game. The Kalyan Worli Matka ran every day, but the New Worli Matka operates six days a week. 
● When Mumbai-textile mills were growing, many workers started placing their bets on this game. This was when bookies opened their shops around those areas. Then in ’95, when Mumbai police opted for a sweeping crackdown, bookies shifted to Rajasthan, Gujarat, and different states. This is how the game Satta Matka ended its reign slowly.
 
It was the history of a famous gambling game that conquered the common masses of India for more than a few decades.