{"id":430562,"date":"2024-03-15T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/03\/15\/5-facts-about-santiago-martin-whose-company-is-biggest-electoral-bonds-donor\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:30:00","slug":"5-facts-about-santiago-martin-whose-company-is-biggest-electoral-bonds-donor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/03\/15\/5-facts-about-santiago-martin-whose-company-is-biggest-electoral-bonds-donor\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Facts About Santiago Martin, Whose Company Is Biggest Electoral Bonds Donor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"5 Facts About Santiago Martin, Whose Company Is Biggest Electoral Bonds Donor\" alt=\"5 Facts About Santiago Martin, Whose Company Is Biggest Electoral Bonds Donor\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2024-03\/3lrscfv_santiago-martin-_625x300_15_March_24.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Santiago Martin is now expanding into online gaming and casinos and sports betting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Election Commission of India released electoral bonds data on Thursday, on its official website, as directed by the Supreme Court.\u00a0Among the prominent buyers is Future Gaming and Hotel Services, a company related to Santiago Martin, famously known as the &#8216;Lottery King&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Data revealed that Mr Martin&#8217;s company bought electoral bonds worth over\u00a0\u20b9\u00a01,350 crore through two different sets of companies. This has drawn scrutiny from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) since March 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lozad flourish-embed-iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,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\" data-src=\"https:\/\/flo.uri.sh\/visualisation\/17165220\/embed\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px;\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Here are some facts about Santiago Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Santiago Martin started as a labourer in Myanmar&#8217;s Yangon. He began his lottery business in Tamil Nadu in 1988 upon return to India, later expanding to Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra and the northeastern states, as per his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinfoundation.com\/about-us\/about-founder.php\u00a0\u00a0\">charitable trust website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Mr Martin initially focused on managing government lottery schemes in the northeast. He later expanded into various sectors, including construction, real estate, textiles, and hospitality.\u00a0His company, Future Gaming Solutions India Pvt Ltd, has earned a membership in the prestigious World Lottery Association under his leadership. Mr Martin is now expanding into online gaming and casinos and sports betting.<\/li>\n<li>Since 2011 Mr Martin and his company have been subject to several investigations on suspicion of unpaid income tax, money laundering and fraud. Mr Martin has been under the scrutiny of Central agencies, including the ED and the Income Tax Department. In 2023, ED froze assets worth about Rs 457 crore over an alleged loss of over Rs 900 crore to the Sikkim government by way of a fraudulent lottery sale in Kerala.<\/li>\n<li>He has also been recognized as the highest personal taxpayer in India,\u00a0 and awarded the \u2018Best Lottery Professional Award&#8217; in 2000 by PGRI (Public Gaming Research Institute), USA and a gold medal for Excellence in Business by the Foundation for Excellence in Business Practice, Geneva, in 2004.<\/li>\n<li>Mr Martin also holds an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from Yorker International University, New York, an Honorary Doctorate from Universit\u00e0 Popolare degli Studi di Milano, Italy, and a Doctor of Letters from The International Tamil University, Maryland, USA.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/india-news\/santiago-martin-from-rags-to-riches-some-facts-about-indias-lottery-king-5243126\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Santiago Martin is now expanding into online gaming and casinos and sports betting. New Delhi: The Election Commission of India released electoral bonds data on Thursday, on its official website, as directed by the Supreme Court.\u00a0Among the prominent buyers is Future Gaming and Hotel Services, a company related to Santiago Martin, famously known as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":430563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[21538,26828,503610],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430562"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}