Today, it means a lottery game that is based on random number selection and betting on it. The word or term Matka means betting. With time, things have changed, and so has the form of game. After the raid by Mumbai Police in the year 1990, it has changed. Now you can find it in the form of online lotteries, and betting on cricket. Though gambling is illegal in India, apart from lotteries of different forms and horse racing, it is gaining popularity, especially amongst youngsters.

Who And How Did Matka Start?

A Sindhi migrant, Ratan Khatri, from Pakistan, introduced the game, and he ran it on his own. He was known as the Matka King, and he ran the lottery five days a week. Mumbai became the hub of this business with the flourishing of the textile mills. Most of the mill's workers played the game, which made the bookies open their shops around the mills.

What Are The Terms Used And Their Meanings?

There are a lot of terms used in this game that you need to know if you want to understand and play it.

Matka is a Hindi word that means earthen pot, which was used to draw numbers in the past. Chits with numbers were folded and put into the pot, and then numbers were drawn from the pot, hence its name.

Single – Any single number between 0 and 9 is considered a single number.

Jodi or Pair-This means any pair of numbers between 00 and 99.

Patti or Panna: it means the three-digit number result which is obtained from the betting results. All three numbers are Patti.

Open Result or Closed Result: The result of betting is divided into two parts. The first part is known as the opening result, and the second part is known as the closing result.

Single Patti, Double Patti, Triple Patti—Single Patti means 178, Double Patti means 118, and Triple Patti means 111.

Cycle Patti is the last two digits of Patti; for example, if Patti is 135 then Cycle Patti is 35.

Farak: The difference between the opening and the closing result. For example, if the pair is 35, then farak is 5-3=2.

For example, if the pair is 58, then 5+8=13, with Berji as the last digit.

The film industry was also influenced by this business. The film Dharmatma was believed to be based on the life of Ratan Khatri, which was enacted by the veteran actor Premnath and directed by Feroz Khan. With the growth of the popularity of this game amongst youngsters, many online websites and applications have been created for betting online, and it is easily accessible.