Are you a betting person? But, are you looking for a new game of chance? Perhaps one that has an Indian origin to it? Well, then why not check out Satta Matka? This a number-based game that is quite similar to the lottery. But, there is a bit more to it.
The idea of this game that you pick three numbers. These are from 0 to nine, at random. Then you add your numbers together and pick the last one. So if you picked 7, 5, 9; it would add up to 21, meaning that your lost number is 1. Now your numbers are 7, 5, 9 *1. And then you do it again with either a different set of numbers or it could be the same.
And then your Satta Matka would go on a card with an “X” connecting the two sets. Therefore, it would look like this: 7, 5, 9 *1 X 4, 3, 2* 9, for example. To bet you would have to go to a Matka bookie where you place your bet with payouts of 9/1 to 999/1. You are betting on the chance that your numbers will be drawn, and you would win. Much like in the lottery, but there are some maths involved. If your numbers are chosen, you would win a lot of money making you a “Matka King”.
But, if you want to play a different version you, and your friends can gather, choose three numbers from 0 to 9, take a pack of standard playing cards, and lift the top three. This is also a form of the game.
This particular game can be traced back all the way to the 1950s. It was during the time of teleprinters when people would place bets on the opening and closing rate of cotton. The cotton was transmitted from the New York Cotton Exchange to the Bombay one.
However, in 1961, the New York Cotton Exchange got wind of what was going on, and they are not fans of it so it shut it down. Plus, it was illegal. But, people, players, and gamers are persistent, so they looked elsewhere to get their Satta Matka playing fix. So much so that the Matka business was at its peak from the 80s to the 90s.
Nowadays you can play this game online, but not in India since gaming was banned since 1867 on land, But, no one said anything about being on the water, so you have that.
Satta Matka seems like a fun game, as long as you get the right numbers. Much like the lottery, but there is a little formula to get the numbers you want. This makes it more interesting. This simple change makes the game vastly different from playing the lottery, which is always a nice thing to do. But, Satta Matka can be a difficult game to win since a lot of it seems to be luck-based. Good luck.