AP Sankranti 2025: Chicken Race, Gundat, Poker, Kota.. Rs 5000 crore in three days!

AP Sankranti 2025: Chicken Race, Gundat, Poker, Kota.. Rs 5000 crore in three days!

It is estimated that on the occasion of Sankranti, a business of more than Rs 5,000 crore is done in gambling games like chicken race, gundat, poker and kotata in the state. The lion’s share of this is the chicken game. About Rs 4,500 crore business was done in three days through chicken race. It is estimated that gambling games like Gundata, Poker and Quota have generated a business of around Rs 500 crore.

Race worth crores of rupees.

In each chicken racing ring, Rs 10 crore to Rs 20 crore changed hands in three days. It seems that chicken races were held in more than 2,000 bars across the state. West Godavari districts alone have about 750 crore chicken competition weights, while Anda has more than 300 crore chicken competition weights. There are more than 700 chicken runs in Ummadi East Godavari district. There are over 250 major chicken races. Ummadi Krishna district also has more than 320 cockfighting arenas. Up to 150 weights have been installed in Guntur and Prakasam districts.

The resulting liquor..

No mention of alcohol. Liquor shop owners and belt shop operators say that the sale of liquor has doubled as compared to before. Alcohol consumption increased due to gambling games like cock fighting, goondat, poker and kotata. Stalls were set up in the open air to sell water bottles and soft drinks.

On a large scale..

Political party leaders bid for the management of the hen race and organized the hen race on a large scale. Apart from sporadic incidents, there were no large-scale fights or clashes. Small skirmishes broke out here and there over the weight of cockfights. These were resolved with the intervention of political leaders and administrators.

Big weight..

In Mango Godavari and Krishna districts, auctions were held in larger weights ranging from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 50 lakh and above. Competitions were held in small weights ranging from Rs 10 thousand to Rs 2 lakh. At some places, auctions worth crores, crores and half crores were also held. The chicken racing complex has been set up on 40 acres at Mantena Varipalem in Bapatla of Barulu Guntur district, 30 acres at East Palem of Cherukupalli mandal in Repalle constituency and 25 acres at Amiram in West Godavari district.

Like the setting of a movie..

Deputy Speaker Raghuramakrishna Raju and MLA Ganta Srinivasa Rao introduced Chicken Pandala in Amiram. The race was organized like a festival, with flexi like film settings on the road, chairs to seat thousands of people, VIP gallery for celebrities, sofa sets, LED screens and floodlights.

Sorry Mark..

Dendulur MLA Chintamaneni Prabhakar prepared a ring like a mini stadium and conducted the race. These weights have been installed at a place adjacent to the National Highway at Duggirala in Dendulur constituency. Separate galleries were arranged for small children and women. LED screens, gambling games like Caravan, Pakken Kosata and Gundata were organized for the leisure of VIPs.

Female bouncer..

Female bouncers are also kept at chicken race weights. Female bouncers have been fielded in cockfight grounds in various parts of West Godavari district. Some people say that cockfight organizers have hired female bouncers at the bar to avoid any untoward incident.

In the courtyard of government schools…

Even government school campuses have not been spared for organizing chicken races in the state. There is criticism over organizing chicken races in the campuses of government schools. Chicken race and hooliganism were organized in the premises of Tunilo Government School in Kakinada district. The cock race was organized on the premises of a government school in Devarappalli in Anakapalle district.

Casino..Dance..

Casinos and dances were organized at Bhimavaram in West Godavari district. Casino gambling took place in Bhimavaram. Musical night was organized at Kodi Pandala Bari. In Konaseema district, Gogannamtham of Mamidikuduru mandal, Keshanapalli of Malikipuram mandal and Amalapuram performed obscene dance in the name of recording dance.

(Reporting by Jagadishwar Rao Jarajapu, Hindustan Times Telugu)

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