This guide covers the Diamond Casino and Resort DLC for GTA Online - things like operating casino services, gambling and owning a penthouse. Our GTA Online Casino Heist guides are here: Big Con, Aggressive and Silent & Sneaky approaches.

Unless you want to lose all of your hard-earned GTA$ at the tables of the GTA Online casino, Diamond Casino & Resort, keep this guide handy. We've collected everything you need to know about gambling, penthouses, missions and more to ensure that you have a pleasant stay at the Diamond... and don't end up with crippling your GTA Online character with gambling debts!

Like most DLCs since Further Adventures in Finance and Felony, to actually access the new content you'll need to make an initial investment of sorts. Previously, this involved buying specific properties like offices or bunkers, but you can't buy the Diamond this time around, no matter how many Shark Cards you've splurged on. Instead, players must buy memberships which give them access to the gambling opportunities at the Casino.

Standard Diamond memberships don't cost too much, but they also come with limited perks - you can only access the casino portion of the Diamond and even then, not all gambling activities. You will gain access to the Diamond's garage though, allowing you to store one car.

Instead, to access the Resort, the high-limit tables and more, you'll need a VIP membership, which is significantly more expensive.

This membership nets you a fancy penthouse which you can customize to your heart's desire, including with a personal spa, partying area, roof garden access, exquisite artworks and more. You'll also have the opportunity to try your luck as a real high-roller at the high-limit tables in the Casino, and insert coins again and again at the retro arcade.

The main attraction of getting a VIP membership, however, is gaining access to Missions.

Two kinds of missions will become available to you once you have a VIP membership. Co-op Missions follow a loose storyline involving a hostile Texan oil magnate trying to encroach upon Tao Cheng's business. Cheng, the owner of the Diamond, looks to his illustrious and infamous clientele to protect his business interests.

There are a total of six co-op missions, all of which pay out extra rewards the first time you complete them. The standard payout for completing a mission is GTA$ 11,000 - 15,000 depending on the time it takes, however you get an additional GTA$ 50,000 the first time you finish each one, which doubles up to GTA$ 100,000 on the last one.

The order of the co-op missions is as follows:

If you host the co-op lobby and manage to complete all six missions in order, in one sitting, you'll get an exclusive "hidden" vehicle. The Enus Armored Paragon car is spawned at the docks if you are eligible, and cannot be acquired in any other way.

There is another bonus payout of GTA$ 500,000 if you manage to play through the six missions in order the first time you play them. If you play the missions but don't finish them in order, you won't have another chance to try for this bonus, ever. This adds on top of the other first-time completion bonuses, and the bonus GTA$ 50,000 gained from every mission completed without a death.

Note that co-op missions cannot be played solo. There is also no way to ensure that you are the host of the given session - it's a gamble!

In addition, to be able to progress within the co-op missions, the host must elect to do so. So unless you are hosting yourself, or get lucky with a competent host, you might be stuck repeating the same mission. Currently, there is no easy workaround for this.

You can keep retrying when joining missions to see if you get lucky by being the host. Keep in mind that to get the Host bonuses, you need to play through all six missions as host. If you've been playing through them but only Host the last one, for example, you don't get the Enus Armored Paragon.

The other kind of missions are Casino Work Missions, accessible by calling Agatha Baker. These are less lucrative than the co-op missions and lack the overarching storyline, but can be completed quicker and alone.

Once you become a member of the Diamond by purchasing a penthouse, you can call Agatha Baker for one of three things. These services are entirely free of charge. These are not available if you have a wanted level.

You can call Ms. Baker to request a vehicle to be spawned. The options are limited, with the Cognoscenti Cabrio, the Windsor, the Fugitive, the Super Diamond, the Dubsta, and the Feltzer - the fastest among the choices - being available. You don't need to own any of these vehicles to be able to order one.

The spawned car cannot be placed into a garage or insured and the game does not consider them personal or Pegasus vehicles giving them a new marker. The cars aren't stock, but carry certain upgrades such as bulletproof tires and performance upgrades.

Note that the cars are set to public access, so any other player can enter and steal the car if you're not careful. The vehicle will spawn right next to your character when called. If you enter a building interior the ordered car will automatically despawn. There is a 2-minute cooldown for using this service starting after the vehicle is spawned.

The limo service works in a very similar manner as the taxi service, but as mentioned previously, is free for penthouse owners. When called, the limo will spawn right beside the player and can be either white or black. When you sit in, the limo will automatically drive towards the Diamond, but you can also set a waypoint and it will drive you there.

The limo driver will not be intimidated by attacks or weapon use and will only exit the limo if it flips over. This feature makes the limo a perfect getaway vehicle if you need to escape from cops, enemies or other players. You can kill the driver and take the car, but it cannot be stored or tracked, and doing so will yield a wanted level.

You can give the driver various instructions, such as to speed up, slow down, or to stop entirely.

An additional feature of the Limo service is that when called from your penthouse's landline, or ordered from the Diamond's front desk, it can be used as a free fast travel feature instantly transporting you to one of the locations marked on the map below (made by @borqer):

You can also request additional missions from Agatha Baker, as mentioned above in the Missions section. These missions can be completed alone and take anywhere between 2 to 15 minutes to complete depending on which variant you get. You cannot choose the mission type, as that is randomly assigned.

The reward for successfully completing a mission is 5,000 Chips and GTA$ 5,000-10,000 depending on time taken. There are at least 14 confirmed mission variants. These jobs have a hidden 3 minute cooldown and the locations are randomized. Completing 50 Casino Work Missions will grant you a bonus of GTA$ 180,000.

Gambling options in the GTA Online casino may not be available in your region. Certain regions will display a "This feature is not available for you" message when attempting to play a gambling mini-game. Some regions still allow the purchase of chips, so make sure to try using the complimentary chips first! Check our list of restricted countries below.

Of course, chances are you'll be spending most of your time in the Diamond at the tables. Gambling options are somewhat limited and you can only play against the house. The games are heavily abstracted to fit into the mini-game structure, so knowledge of the actual rules of Blackjack or Poker isn't necessary - the game contains a rundown of its own rules.

You'll be able to win additional chips, GTA$, and items at the tables and slots, but you'll also be losing a lot along the way, so make sure to gamble responsibly - especially if you're the kind of player that spends on Shark Cards.

The full selection of gambling options include Blackjack, Three Card Poker, Roulette, Slots, Lucky Wheel and Inside Track.

Gambling mini-games are played with chips and there are no opportunities to play against other players. Chips can be bought with GTA$, and they can also be cashed out as GTA$ when you're finished.

A Standard Diamond Membership, required to access the casino, will grant you 5,000 chips as a welcoming gift, and all players can claim 1,000 bonus chips daily.

The conversion rate is 1 Chip = 1 GTA$.

You can purchase a maximum of 50,000 chips every in-game day, which equates to 48 minutes in real-time. It is possible to circumvent this timer by purchasing the maximum number of chips, disconnecting your internet, reconnecting, and logging back into GTA Online. Your timer will be reset.

The version of Blackjack used in GTA Online has a few slight quirks. The dealer uses 4 decks with 80 face cards, and the decks are shuffled after each hand.

Counting cards seems to be a viable strategy in Blackjack, and can help you increase your win rate. Even using a basic strategy chart will help you get a bit of an edge, though the game is still weighed in the house's favor. Something that many players have noted and documented is that the house "cheats" in so far as the dealer will often have access to more 21 cards than should be possible, and pulls them up at the worst possible moments.

Nonetheless, a basic chart like this one, from Blackjack Apprenticeship, should help you out at the tables.

Three Card Poker is a simpler game, but the odds are also more in favor of the house. You need to get a 2 pair which consist of two 2 cards, a 3 pair consisting of three 3s, a straight which is a hand of a 5, a 6 and a 7, or a flush which is a 8, a 9 and a 10 of the same suit. The flush is the strongest hand.

The basic strategy here is quite simple, but as a result of the odds and simplicity of the strategy, its efficacy is also somewhat limited. Simply put, you shouldn't make pair plus bets in order to maximize your profits.

Statistically, an easy rule of thumb to follow is that you should fold hands that are weaker than a Queen, a 6 and a 4, and call with a hand that is equal to or stronger than that hand.

There's a lot less strategy involved in roulette than in the card games, if you can call these tips 'strategy at all'. This is one of those games where hunches or personal superstitions come into play. Some people always put on red, some always on black.

If there can be any actual tips for increasing your winnings, it would be to pay attention to how the results tally out and try to make an educated guess on what the next result will be.

We lumped these two together for a simple reason - there is absolutely no strategy involved, and it comes down to pure luck. Go with your gut, and bet low.

Previously, there was a glitch with the Inside Track horse racing that would enable you to increase your bet size in the background, while the race was running. If you horse won, it was as if you wagered the higher "secret" amount. If you lost though, you only lost your original wager (200 chips). It is now patched, but the steps were as follows:

Spinning the Lucky Wheel is an easy way to win if you are using a controller (including a PC controller). It works by rotating the left analog stick. The speed at which the wheel turns is directly proportional to how quickly you twist the stick, so with a bit of practice, you can win exactly what you want from the wheel. You can spin the Lucky Wheel once every real-time day.

It is possible to reset the timer by immediately disconnecting your internet after you spun the wheel. Note that this will allow you to spin again, but you won't retain your reward if done correct, because the whole point of the method is to prevent the servers from saving.

Lucky Wheel prizes include large sums of chips, a "mystery" reward which is undefined and even a free high-end vehicle, which rotates - both literally on a circular podium in the Diamond lobby, and figuratively, with a different vehicle being on offer each week.

There are over 130 possibilities when rolling a Mystery reward. So far, these have been confirmed:

Keep in mind that currently, vehicles won from the Lucky Wheel are marked as fully insured, however in practice, they aren't - if the reward vehicle is destroyed, it's gone for good. It is unclear if this is a bug or a deliberate mechanic installed by Rockstar since winning vehicles is so easy. You can always buy insurance for any car won, though. Just note that cars won via the Lucky Wheel cannot be sold (well, technically they can, but only for GTA$ 0).

Laws and regulations in the USA vary state-by-state. VPNs might help you in circumventing these limitations but we don't recommend doing it since it may result in account bans or more serious legal consequences depending on local laws.

The casino store is a new location inside the Diamond where you can purchase various items. New clothing items added to the game with this update are only available here, and you can also purchase decor for your penthouse using chips in the Casino Store.

Currently, the gross total for all artwork available in the Casino Store adds up to 3,926,050 chips. If the only way you acquire chips is by buying the hourly maximum (50,000), that means over 64 hours until you can buy them all - so you better start winning big!

If you've bought a VIP membership you'll have a personal Master Penthouse waiting for you at the top of the Diamond for any time you visit. The Penthouse acts as a property and spawn point and can be customized extensively. Pick your preferred décor and style, and pimp out your pad with a selection of fine art straight from the Casino store.

You can add modules to your penthouse as well, such as the personal spa with a stylist - this allows for character customization - or a partying area - this adds interactive objects to your penthouse which can be used to fool around with when you invite other players up. A fully upgraded penthouse decked out with everything will cost a total of GTA$ 6,533,500.

There are three pre-built Penthouse variations and a fourth that allows you to customize the penthouse to your own liking.

There are several differences between the variations based on what modules they are supplied with. We strongly suggest buying the Design Your Own Penthouse, but we'll give you a rundown on the other options as well.

The Cash Pad is the "basic" penthouse which contains no additional modules at all. The Cash Pad also doesn't allow for later expansion via modules, unless you "renovate" it to become the Design Your Own variant. That means no garage, no spa, no party hub or any other module. You can, however, purchase artworks to decorate the penthouse with and can access customization options.

The Party Penthouse comes with the stock penthouse area, as well as the Lounge, Party Hub, Spa and Extra Bedroom. You cannot add other modules or remove these from your penthouse.

The High Roller penthouse contains all of the available modules but is locked to the most expensive pattern and color options with no way to change them. If you're just going to buy every module and the most expensive options, this is an easy one-click way to do so. It's important to note that this module is not available in regions where the gambling features aren't either.

The Design Your Own penthouse is the same as the Cash Pad in so far as it contains no modules. It does, however, give you the opportunity to purchase modules one by one, letting you customize what functionality your penthouse possesses. We don't really know why the Cash Pad even exists, since the two cost the same amount and the Cash Pad doesn't let you customize it later on, but there you have it.

If you bought the Design Your Own penthouse - as you should - you can purchase these modules individually.

You need to pay a daily utility fee of GTA$ 500 for owning a penthouse and an additional GTA$ 100 for every module.

A new set of hidden collectibles were added to GTA Online with this update. 54 vintage playing cards have been scattered across the game map in hard to find locations. Finding the cards will earn you RP and chips to be used at the casino.

Finding all 54 will unlock an exclusive High Roller Outfit and a special set of playing cards to be used by your dealer at the Diamond. You can also put the rare vintage cards on display in your penthouse as a trophy celebrating your achievement!

These playing cards also reward you with chips. Finding the first five will grant you 100 chips each, totalling at 500. From the fifth onward, each card will grant an additional 50 chips compared to the previous. This means the 6th card gives 150 chips, the 7th gives 200, the 8th gives 250 and so on all the way to the 54th card, which will reward you with a bonus of 2,550 chips. The total number of chips gained from cards is 66,650, worth the same amount in GTA$.

The map below will show you the locations where the playing cards can be found. Refer to our written descriptions for specific card locations - some are tricky to find even if you know the place. We also have a separate guide on finding all the collectible cards and unlocking the High Roller outfit here.

The Diamond Casino & Resort DLC added 6 new vehicles to GTA Online that are available from various in-game dealerships.

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Thanks to everyone who has sent us their helpful info and other tips on the new DLC, as well as Reddit users L131, SlapshotTommy, and others.

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