Man loses wife to fellow gambler in card game

A man in western Uttar Pradesh allegedly gave away his 32-year-old wife to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, police said on Wednesday.

The incident came to light when the woman, a resident of Billauchpura village in Baghpat district, about 400 km from Lucknow, managed to escape from the house of the man to whom her husband lost the game, police added. Read More................Man loses wife to fellow gambler in card game

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When rich hired gamblers to win money during religious festival

AHMEDABAD: James Bond didn't gamble with his own money in the latest flick, Casino Royale. Yet, he won. The gambling frenzy all over Gujarat during Janmashtami festival led to a new breed of professional gamblers who are hired by moneyed businessmen to make money. Read more.................................................Gamblers on hire to win money for you

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When 'New-age Draupadi' walked out with the winner

“ Ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)."

The above words are of a woman from Teldiha village of Bihar's Banka district in India who lost herself away in a game of dice to a villager on Dussehra day.The 25-year-old woman was taken by the victor to his house from where she was 'rescued' and restored to her husband two days later after fellow villagers intervened.

In Mahabharat, Pandavas gambled away their wife Draupadi to Kauravas but this moderen day Draupadi, has been a regular visitor to the Jua Mela or gambling fair organised here during Dussehra. She always won "handsome amounts". This year too, she won Rs 1,400 during the initial one-hour game. Then her luck ran out and she ended up losing even her principal — Rs 700. "In exasperation, she yelled, “ ab hum apne apko daon par lagate hain. Jo jitega, hum par usi ka hak” hoga (now I put myself at stake. I will belong to whoever wins)." Read more..............................'New-age Draupadi' walks out with winner

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