Matka gambling or satta is a form of betting and lottery
which originally involved betting on the opening and closing rates of cotton transmitted from the New York Cotton Exchange to the Bombay Cotton Exchange
It originated before the era of Indian independence
When it was known as Ankada Jugar
In the 1960s, the system was replaced by other methods of generating random numbers
which involved drawing slips or playing cards from a large earthen vessel known as a matka
Matka gambling is illegal in India
The Public Gambling Act, 1867 made both betting establishments and satta matka houses outright illegal