GTA Casino Inside Track horse racing tips and tricks

An image of someone using the GTA Online horse racing machines in the Diamond Casino.Rockstar Games

GTA 5 Online horse racing gives players a chance to get a big reward. The Inside Track game can be found inside the Diamond Casino, and you’ll get a big payout if you can predict the winning horse. 

There’s a lot of content in GTA Online has a lot of great content from driving the fastest cars & motorcycles, getting the Panther Statue in the Cayo Perico Heist, and just generally causing chaos around Los Santos. 

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Winning the Inside Track is a solid way to get your hands on cash, and we’ve got the tips you need below. Just make sure you’ve got plenty of Casino chips first.

An image of horse racing in GTA Online's Inside Track game.Rockstar Games

GTA Casino Inside Track’s single-player races are a winner

You’ll notice that there’s a timer for the Online races as they start up every five minutes, but single-player races can be played at any time you like and we’ve found a top tip that appears to be working.

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You’re given the option to refresh the single-player horse list by exiting the screen and going back into it, which is a useful tool. 

Simply refresh the menu a few times until you find a race where the odds for horse number one is evens and the second horse is at least 5/1.

From there, place a maximum bet on the top horse and more often than not, you can double your money this way – sourced from Reddit user buckaroono.

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A screenshot of horse racing in GTA 5 Online.Rockstar Games

Spotting GTA Inside Track patterns

It’s not always about spotting the right odds for horses, though, as some players have noticed trends and patterns in the race lists within Single Events too.

According to Trollingtheherd, who shared their method to Reddit in July 2023 following the opening of the casino, if Hennagin’s Steed is in the second position on the list against a horse with the same odds above it, it’s very likely to be the winner.

You can keep backing out of the menu to find this, but sometimes the game may make you wait a minute or two after repeatedly exiting.

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When the horse with the lowest odds is not priced at evens, though, the chances of horse three or four winning also increases.

A screenshot of the betting odds screen in the Inside Track GTA Online horse racing game.Rockstar Games
Knowing how the odds stack in your favor, or against you, is key.

Miracles don’t happen at GTA’s Casino

This third trick is more of a rule of thumb than anything, but will certainly prevent you from throwing away thousands cash to no avail.

While it might be tempting to gamble a lot of money on the horses with the highest odds, with one eye on high returns, as this is virtual horse racing, not real horse racing which has a lot of unpredictable twists and turns, it’s worth noting that more often than not these runners will get beat.

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Old Ill Will, Ol Skag, or Sir Scrambled might win eventually, but you’ll lose so many chips waiting around for the miracle to happen that it probably won’t be worth the hassle.

Those are the main tips we’ve got for GTA 5 horse racing! For more on the game, check out our guides for LS Tags, the GTA Online Gun Van, Pizza This jobs, how to get the ​​Överflöd Pipistrello supercar, and Madrazo Hits

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