A 1: Two prominent traders in India named Kalyanji Bhagat and Ratan Khatri founded the Satta King game. Kalyanji Bhagat, a Gujarati farmer, founded the Kalyan Matka gaming in 1962, and it was open every day of the week. The Rattan Khatri established New Worli Matka, another Matka gambling, in 1964 with a few minor alterations to the game's regulations. The Satta Matka game had such a surge in popularity between the 1980s and 1990s that its monthly betting volume exceeded 500 million. The Satta Matka game gradually gained popularity in other Indian states as well. Maharashtra is the focal point of the contemporary Matka industry.