Future Gaming, biggest purchaser of electoral bonds, donates Rs 542 crore to Trinamool Congress

Two companies — MKJ Enterprises and AVEES Trading Finance — donated over Rs 45 crore each.

The biggest purchaser of electoral bonds, Future Gaming and Hotel Services Pvt Ltd, has donated the highest amount of Rs 542 crore to the Trinamool Congress (TMC). Future Gaming has bought bonds worth over Rs 1,300 crore between 2019 and 2024.

As per the data released by the Election Commission on March 21, TMC, which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leads, received Rs 1,610 crore through electoral bonds from 211 donors between April 12, 2019, and January 24, 2024.

Apart from Future Gaming, the TMC also received Rs 281 crore from Haldia Energy and Rs 90 crore from Dhariwal Infrastructure.

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Two companies — MKJ Enterprises and AVEES Trading Finance — donated over Rs 45 crore each. Among the other donors were IFB Agro Industries, Chennai Green Woods, PCBL, Prarambh Securities and Crescent Power.
Between April 19, 2019, and November 14, 2023, Future Gaming, a company owned by "lottery king" Santiago Martin, donated Rs 509 crore to the DMK.

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Future Gaming bought electoral bonds worth Rs 1,368 crore from April 12, 2019, to January 24, 2024. The latest data shows that the company not only donated funds to the party in power in its home state but also the party in power in West Bengal, where it distributes one of the most popular lottery games called "Dear Lottery."

Aside from the DMK, TMC, YSR Congress, and BJP, which received the largest share of donations, Future Gaming also donated Rs 50 crore each to the Congress and Sikkim-based parties.