A person who has won a great deal of money from matka gambling is known as * Satta Matka King *.

Kalyanji Bhagat was born a farmer in the village of ratadia in gujarat. Kalyanjis family name was gala and the name bhagat a modification of bhakt. He arrived as a migrant in Bombay 1941 and initialy did odd jobs such as masala feriwala ( spice seller ) to managing a grocery store. In 1961 when kalyanji bhagat was a running grocery store in worli, he pioneered Satta Matka gambling by accepting bets based on the opening and closing rates of cotton traded on the new york wholesale market. He used to operate from the compound of his building vinod Mahal in worli.