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  2. Matka gambling - Wikipedia

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    It originates from before the Partition of India when it was known as Ankada Jugar ("figures gambling"). In the 1960s, the system was replaced with other ways of generating random numbers, including pulling slips from a large earthenware pot known as a matka, or dealing with playing cards. Matka gambling is illegal in India. [1]

  3. Gambling in India - Wikipedia

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    It was expected that other states would follow Sikkim, thereby opening up a major online gambling market, aka matka gambling, throughout India. Even though Indian casinos cannot promote or have sites that promote online gambling games such as casinos, sports betting, and bingo, it is not illegal for non-Indian casino companies (so-called ...

  4. Matka - Wikipedia

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    Matka, a 2024 Indian Telugu-language film; Matka (silk), a type of coarse silk fabric in ancient India; Matka-class missile boat, a group of hydrofoil missile boats built for the Soviet Navy; Matka gambling or satta gambling, a type of betting and lottery in India; Matki (earthen pot), also matka, an Indian water jar; Ghatam or matka, an Indian ...

  5. Matka (film) - Wikipedia

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    Matka is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language period action thriller film written and directed by Karuna Kumar. It was produced by Vijender Reddy Teegala and Rajani Talluri, under Vyra Entertainments and SRT Entertainments, respectively. It stars Varun Tej, Meenakshi Chaudhary, and Nora Fatehi (in her Telugu cinema debut) in the lead roles.

  6. Matki (earthen pot) - Wikipedia

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    A matki or matka (Hindi and Urdu: maṭkī, maṭkā) in South Asia is an earthen pot used as a home "water storage cooler". It has been in use since ancient times and can be found in houses of every social class.

  7. Organised crime in India - Wikipedia

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    The dacoit film was a genre of Indian cinema that began with Mehboob Khan's Aurat (1940) and gained popularity with its remake Mother India (1957) as well as Dilip Kumar's Gunga Jumna (1961). A subgenre is the Dacoit Western, popularized by Sholay (1975). These films are usually set in rural India, and often inspired by real dacoits.

  8. Bombay Cotton Exchange - Wikipedia

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    The gambling game Satta Matka was created at the Bombay Cotton Exchange. Players would guess between one and three of the final digits of either the opening or closing price of cotton commodities as they were transmitted from the New York Cotton Exchange to the Bombay Cotton Exchange. Players who correctly guessed additional digits of the ...

  9. Satta - Wikipedia

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    Satta gambling or Matka gambling, a form of betting and lottery in India; Swiss Air Traffic Control Technical Association, the association of Swiss Air Navigation Service (ANS) technical professionals; The Pali word for sattva, a sentient being in Buddhism; Mount Satta and Satta Pass, in Shizuoka, Japan