India’s “lottery king”, accused by the authorities of fraud and money laundering, has emerged with his company as the nation’s top political donor under an opaque funding system that has just been partially opened to scrutiny. Santiago Martin’s Future Gaming and Hotel Services spent 13.68 billion Indian rupees ($165 million) between 2019 and 2024, 40% more than the next-highest donor, under the now-scrapped funding system, which allowed anonymous and unlimited donations to political parties, data showed.
