Brought into the limelight by Kalyan Bhagat and Ratan Khatri in Mumbai, Satta Matka is a game of numbers where the gamble is played on the drawing of numbers. Matka games are one among many dealings of gray market in India which are claimed to be done with complete honesty. Ratan Khatri, in one of his very few public interviews, said “People had great faith in my system. I would even ask them to open the three cards. I knew it was illegal, but I ran it with complete honesty'. The lack of monkey business in the Matka games is