Matka king who was famous from the early 1960s till the 1990s , passed away at his residence in south Mumbai. What was his name?

Matka king who was famous from the early 1960s till the 1990s , passed

1.	Matka king who was famous from the early 1960s till the 1990s , passed away at his residence in south Mumbai. What was his name?
Answer» Ratan Khatri, who reigned supreme from the early 1960s till the 1990s as the 'matka king', passed away at his residence in south Mumbai on 9 May. He was 88. He had suffered a brain stroke and was recovering when he died. Khatri is said to be the person who spread a particular form of gambling, which was based on picking chits from matkas (earthern pots), from Mumbai to different parts of the country.