Template:Next-Gen The Diamond Casino & Resort is a casino business and luxury resort that was introduced in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of The Diamond Casino & Resort update.
Description
The business is situated on the corner of Vinewood Park Drive and Vinewood Boulevard in East Vinewood, Los Santos. It is situated on the site of the original Vinewood Casino (also known as Be Lucky: Los Santos). It is comprised of the casino, the Master Penthouse, a hotel, a penthouse garage, and a parking garage.
Interior
The interior of the casino includes the main lobby, the Inside Track betting area, two small VIP-only lounge areas, a gambling area, two bathrooms, and Agatha's office. The main lobby is located at the entrance of the casino and includes the reception area, vehicle podium, the Lucky Wheel, cashier booth, bar, the Casino Store, and many slot machines. Visitors with a standard membership can play roulette, blackjack, and Three Card Poker in the gambling area at the back of the casino.
- Main Lobby
The reception is a small area to the left of the entrance. Here, Tom Connors can offer various services to the player. A standard membership can be purchased for $500, which will allow the player to use slot machines, spin the Lucky Wheel, play table games, and bet on horses at the Inside Track betting area, as well as give access to valet services. If the player owns the Master Penthouse, they get access to three more options: Cleaning Service (sends a maid to clean the penthouse after a party), Limousine Services (functions similarly to taxies), and Aircraft Concierge (the player can request a helicopter). An elevator is also located here, which can take players to their penthouse, the penthouse garage, parking garage, roof terrace, or rooftop.
The Lucky Wheel is positioned near the centre of the main lobby; the player can spin it once per 24 real-life hours to have a chance at winning various amounts of money, RP, or Chips; any clothing item from the Casino Store, a 10% vehicle discount from a random vehicle website, the current podium vehicle, or a mystery prize. The prize vehicle is showcased on a slowly rotating platform to the left of the wheel, sometimes already having a livery applied.
On the right side of the lobby, there are the cashier booth, bar, and Casino Store. The player can trade money for chips and vice versa – up to a maximum of $50,000 before a cooldown begins until the next time they can carry out this action again. Every 24 real-life hours, players can also receive a visitors bonus of $1,000. At the bar, players can order drinks; the same selection is available as in the Master Penthouse and Nightclubs. Also similarly to nightclubs, players who own a penthouse can order the first five drink types for free. In the Casino Store, player can browse through and purchase a large selection of clothing items; if they are a penthouse owner, they also have the option of purchasing Penthouse Decorations. Some items are only available during select weeks, as they rotate after every event week, requiring four weeks to rotate through the entire selection.
At the back of the main lobby, near the hallways to the other areas, are many slot machines of different themes. The type of machine dictates the possible betting amount and the payout for different matching items; the available machine themes are: Fame or Shame, Evacuator, Diamond Miner, Twilight Knife, Deity of the Sun, Republican Space Rangers, Angel and the Knight, and Impotent Rage. Fame or Shame and Evacuator slot machines have the lowest betting amount and payouts, while Deity of the Sun slot machines have the highest.
- Inside Track Betting
Main article: Inside Track
Down the left hallway leading from the main lobby, there is the Inside Track betting area, which includes a large LCD screen displaying the horse races. Numerous IBT machines can be seen, enough for at least 16 participants (though NPCs may be seen participating in the game).
Players can choose to participate in either the single event, where the player can bet on their own, and the races last for around 30 seconds; or the main event, where the player can bet against other players, and the races last longer, for a minute. This type of race is triggered automatically every five minutes. In both event types, the player can bet on any of six horses, each with a different winning probability, with a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $10,000.
- Gambling Area
Main article: Gambling
Many roulette, blackjack, and Three Card Poker tables can be found here, as well as two separate "high limit" areas available only to penthouse owners, where they can bet up to $50,000.
- VIP Lounge
There are two circular VIP-only lounge areas located towards the back of the casino. Here, players can sit and smoke cigarettes, and drink either vodka or beer. Players with no membership or only the standard one cannot enter this area and will be turned around if they try doing so.
- Agatha's Office
At the back, to the left of the casino, is the "management" area; only penthouse owners can pass through the door. There are stairs leading up to a waiting room where Debbie, Agatha's assistant, is sitting, and if the player continues, they can visit Agatha in her office. In this room, drinks can also be drunk and there are large windows behind Agatha's desk, through which the player can see a large portion of the main lobby. However, these windows cannot be seen from the lobby.
Master Penthouse
Main article: Master Penthouse
The Diamond offers the player a purchasable penthouse that comes in several different packages, with each consecutive one granting additional rooms within the penthouse. The player may also choose to "build their own" penthouse, where they pay a base price of $1,500,000 and can then add rooms for an additional fee.
A selection of decorations for the penthouse can be purchased with Chips in the Casino Store. The available items rotate each week, needing four weeks to rotate through the entire selection. Once in their penthouse, the player can use the "Place Decorations" option in the "Penthouse Management" section of the Interaction Menu to place them. In this menu, players can also purchase them if they haven't done so in the store.
Parking Garage
The Diamond offers a valet service which allows players to store their cars in the casino's parking garage. The garage is not a permanent car housing akin to the paid garages that the player may obtain. Upon retrieving a different vehicle, the previous vehicle stored inside of the garage will return to its previous permanent storage location. Similar to the purchasable yacht being placeable in 32 different locations around the map, this garage offers 32 parking spaces; one parking space for every player in a completely filled lobby.
This space may be used to safely hold vehicles whilst players visit the casino without worrying about them being damaged, and may also be used as a place to hold car meets. However, the parking garage does not allow any weaponized vehicles to be stored inside.
Employees
- Thornton Duggan (Owner)
- Agatha Baker (General Manager)
- Tom Connors (Executive Director of Guest Services)
- Tao Cheng (Former Owner)
- Vincent (Former Head of Security)
- Josephine (Head Bartender)
- Debbie (Assistant)
- Felipe (Valet)
- George (Security)[1]
- Several unnamed employees (Cashier, Waitresses, Dealers, Security)
Gallery
Exterior
Interior
Other
References
- ↑ Mentioned in the cutscene of Casino - House Keeping.