Elections of Jubilee Hills or New York City Mayor
The Jubilee Hills Assembly by-election outcome captured significant attention from punters across the West and East Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, as well as ten mandals in the erstwhile Khammam district of Telangana, including Dammapet, Aswaraopet, Khammam, Tallada, Chandrugonda, and Sattupalli in Telangana.
The subject or problem is not what matters; gambling is the only thing
Call them a gambler, punter, speculator, gamester, bettor, risk-taker, risker, or high-roller, but participating in betting is part and parcel of their lives. These gamblers will take any subject for punting, including either the Jubilee Hills constituency by-election, the Bihar Assembly polls, or the New York Mayor election, a cock-fight, or playing cards.
While getting fun, the riskers will take colossal effort, including studying and analyzing the subject or issue before punting. The gamblers, who wanted to wager on the Jubilee Hills by-election, will tour the constituency and interact with the voters there to get the poll pulse. They used to make phone calls or meet journalists and politicians and collect information on people’s mood in the constituency and poll prospectus.
The answer of Ganta Sudheer, a prominent Telugu Desam leader in West Godavari district, when the Prime Post, an English website, asked about the habit of betting on a small by-election in Telangana, is a very interesting one. “Why is only the Jubilee Hills by-election? The high-rollers of our area even organized punting on the New York Mayoral polls,” he said.
Wage-seekers, too, involve themselves in the game
The gamesters will punt even on Bihar Assembly elections, and they will rely on Satta Bazar for the information, which is a leading gambling market on cricket and election results in Rajasthan. The Satta market is known for predicting the winner of assembly and general elections with more accuracy. Surprisingly, there are occasions that skilled workers and wage-seekers used to bet on these issues with small amounts, ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000.
“Risk-takers give a little weight to Congress win in Jubilee Hills”
On the Jubilee Hills by-election, the punting is more on a Congress win. For example, the bet-earn money for a Congress win will be Rs 100, and for a BRS win, it is Rs 125. It means that the person who bet on a Congress win will get Rs 100 as profit along with his bet money of Rs 100 in case of the party wins. The person who bets on a BRS win will get Rs 125 as profit along with Rs 100 of bet money of the party wins.
The betting game is not only to provide fun but also to destroy some of the lives. But the habit will never be stopped. It is a passion and is in the blood and veins of these people. There are occasions that the bet losers, who lost crores of rupees, committed suicide. Usually, the bettor used to place their bet money in the hands of landlords and good businessmen. These people used to collect some fees to handle the bets.
Principle Correspondent, Prime Post
Adapa Dora, journalist cum farmer, proved his excellence in both the fields. While working in Andhra Bhoomi (Telugu Paper) and Deccan Chronicle, he forced a famous seed company to pay compensation to the maize farmers for crop loss due to the supply of spurious seeds to them. He wished to maintain harmony between tribals and non-tribals in the mandals of Bhadradri-Kothagudem district for the prosperous of both groups.
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