Satta king is derived form a "Satta matka" which is a form of gambling or lottery based game. This game is based on random number selection and betting. The players participating in the Satta matka game/ gambling are required to choose to right number for winning the game. The palyers who win the game become Satta king of this game and rewarded financially. Initially this game were called satta maktka just because a pot/matka is used to draw out a random number to declare result. As this game became popular people started calling this game satta king.