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As stocks tumble, city elite turn to satta to earn quick buck

Ritesh Shah / DNA
Saturday, April 18, 2009 12:03 IST
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Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad: If you thought that only the poor gambled on the illegal betting circuit (satta-betting), you could not be more wrong. A city-based bookie told DNA that members of the city's elite are no less enthusiastic in gambling on the illegal satta-betting, particularly over cricket matches. These members of the elite have placed huge bets on the IPL cricket matches that begin in South Africa from Saturday, the bookie said.

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