Terminology

ALL SATTA MATKA CARDS

100-[[ 1 ]]-777
128-137-146-236-245- 290-380-470-489-560-
678-579-119-155-227- 335-344-399-588-669.

200-[[ 2 ]]-444
129-138-147-156-237- 246-345-390-480-570-
679-589-110-228-255- 336-499-660-688-778.

300-[[ 3 ]]-111
120-139-148-157-238- 247-256-346-490-580-
670-689-166-229-337- 355-445-599-779-788 .

400-[[ 4 ]]-888
130-149-158-167-239- 248-257-347-356-590-
680-789-112-220-266- 338-446-455-699-770.

500-[[ 5 ]]-555
140-159-168-230-249- 258-267-348-357-456-
690-780-113-122-177- 339-366-447-799-889.

600-[[ 6 ]]-222
123-150-169-178-240- 259-268-349-358-457-
367-790-114-277-330- 448-466-556-880-899.

700-[[ 7 ]]-999
124-160-179-250-269- 278-340-359-368-458-
467-890-115-133-188- 223-377-449-557-566.

800[[ 8 ]]-666
125-134-170-189-260- 279-350-369-378-459-
567-468-116-224-233- 288-440-477-558-990.

900[[ 9 ]]-333
126-135-180-234-270- 289-360-379-450-469-
117-478-568-144-199- 225-388-559-577-667.

550-[[ 0 ]]-000
127-136-190-235-280- 279-370-479-460-569-
118-578-668-244-299- 226-488-550-677-389

GROUPS

FIGURE FAMILY

1 - 6 - 4 - 9

2 - 7 - 3 - 8

5 - 0

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BRACKET FAMILY

11
12 22
13 23 33
14 24 34 44
15 25 35 45 55

11 16 61 66
12 21 17 71 26 62 67 76
13 31 18 81 36 63 68 86
14 41 19 91 46 64 69 96
15 51 10 01 56 65 60 06
22 27 72 77
23 32 28 82 37 73 78 87
24 42 29 92 47 74 79 97
25 52 20 02 57 75 70 07
33 38 83 88
34 43 39 93 48 84 89 98
35 53 30 03 58 85 80 08
44 49 94 99
45 54 40 04 59 95 90 09
55 50 05 00

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CARD FAMILY

111 112 113 114 115
123 122 124 125
133 134 135
144 145
155

222 223 224 225
233 234 235
244 245
255

333 334 335
344 345
355

444 445
455

555

In 1962, Kalyanji Bhagat began the Worli matka. Rattan Khatri introduced the New Worli matka in 1964, with slight modifications to the rules of the game. Kalyanji Bhagat's matka ran for all days of the week, whereas Rattan Khatri’s matka ran only five days a week, from Monday to Friday.
The flourishing of textile mills in Mumbai, saw many mill workers getting attracted to matka which resulted in bookies opening their shops in and around the mill areas which were predominantly located in Central Mumbai. This resulted in Central Mumbai becoming the hub of the matka business in Mumbai.
The decades of 1980s and 1990s saw the matka business reach its peak. Betting volumes in excess of Rs. 500 crore would be laid every month. The Mumbai police’s massive crackdown on the matka dens forced dealers to shift their base to the city’s outskirts. Many of them moved to Gujarat, Rajasthan and other states. With no major source of betting in the city, the punters got attracted to other sources of gambling such as online and zhatpat lotteries. Meanwhile, the rich punters began to explore betting on cricket matches.
Till 1995, there were more than 2,000 big and medium-time bookies in the city and neighboring towns, but since then the numbers have declined substantially to less than 300. Off late, the average monthly turnover has remained around Rs. 100 crore.

Matka Kings[edit] Kalyanji Bhagat[edit] Kalyanji Bhagat was born a farmer in the village of Ratadia, Ganesh Wala in Kutch, Gujarat. Kalyanji's family name was Gala and the name Bhagat, a modification of bhakt, was a title given to their family by the King of Kutch for their religiousness. He arrived as a migrant in Bombay in 1941 and initially did odd jobs such as masala ferriwala (spice seller) to managing a grocery store. In the 1960s, when Kalyanji Bhagat was running a grocery shop in Worli, he pioneered matka gambling by accepting bets based on the opening and closing rates of cotton traded on the New York wholesale market. He used to operate from the compound of his building Vinod Mahal, in Worli..
After Kalyanji Bhagat, his son Suresh Bhagat managed the business along with his wife Jaya Bhagat who he married in 1979..
Suresh Bhagat murder conspiracy[.
] On June 11, 2008, a truck rammed into a Mahindra Scorpio in which Suresh Bhagat and six others, including his lawyer and bodyguards were travelling, killing all of them. They were returning from an Alibaug court, where the hearing of a 1998 narcotics case had been held. During investigations by the police it was revealed that Hitesh Bhagat (Suresh Bhagat's son) and his mother Jaya Bhagat had hatched the plot to kill Suresh Bhagat. Hitesh and nine others, including Jaya, were arrested and were tried under the stringent act of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act and subsequently convicted.[6].
Rattan Khatri[].
Rattan Khatri, known as the Matka King, from the early 1960s to mid-1990s controlled a nationwide illegal gambling network with international connections which involved several lakh punters and dealt with crores of rupess. .
Khatri's matka started in the bustling business area of Dhanji Street in Mumbadevi where idlers used to wager on the daily trickle of the fluctuating cotton rates from the New York market. Gradually, it became a big gambling hub as the quantum of bets and betters increased. Due to a row over a winning number plus the New York market’s five-day week schedule, compulsive betters began looking for alternatives. Based on the requests of his friends, Khatri started his own syndicate and started drawing three cards to decide the day’s number. Khatri's betting was considered more genuine as the cards were reportedly opened in the presence of the patron. During the emergency in India, Khatri was jailed and served 19 months behind bars. He has retired from the gambling business and lives near Tardeo; however, he still does visit the Mahalaxmi Racecourse to bet on his favorite horses..