Rockstar Games is happy to announce that GTA Online’s newly constructed Diamond Casino & Resort opens its doors today.

Today marks the grand opening of The Diamond Casino & Resort, a sprawling entertainment and luxury living complex conveniently located in Vinewood and open to all citizens of Southern San Andreas. At the heart and soul of The Diamond is your enjoyment, whether you’re meeting with friends for an array of activities or finding peace of mind in your personal Penthouse Spa, The Diamond is here to spoil you.

Come play. Come party. Come experience.

The Casino floor abounds with activities for any taste. Use Chips to play against the house, try your hand at Roulette, Blackjack and Three Card Poker or pull up a seat to Slot Machines dishing out Chips and an array of special prizes including exclusive clothing. Gather at Inside Track for a Single Event or participate in the Main Event where you can you can cheer on your favorite horse with friends, while the Lucky Wheel is a daily free-to-spin activity with a range of rewards featuring everything from GTA$, special discounts, and clothing items to a rotating weekly selection of high-end vehicles on display on the lobby podium. Check Rockstar Support for details and limitations.

Standard Membership to The Diamond Casino & Resort is GTA$500, which includes a welcome gift of 5,000 Chips and grants access to several services and activities the Casino has to offer including Valet Parking. Anyone (including Members) who visits The Diamond can receive a daily visitor bonus of 1,000 Chips redeemable at the cashier

While the infinity pool on the roof terrace offers stunning views, the Master Penthouse is simply put the most opulent living space on the planet. Customize your floorplan with eight optional add-ons – the Lounge Area,Media Room, Spa, Bar and Party Hub, Private Dealer, Office, Extra Bedroom and Garage – and tailor your new property’s color palette and patterns to your liking. Then drape the walls in high-brow abstract artwork purchased from the Casino Store and impress your guests with thought-provoking sculptures, knowing that their minds are simply too puny to fully appreciate them. The Penthouse Management option in the Interaction Menu allows you to place your new decorations in each room.

All Penthouses come with VIP Memberships, that grant access to special amenities like complimentary Valet, Champagne, and Limousine Services, as well as Aircraft Concierge and access to High Limit tables and VIP Lounges. You’ll also get access to  new co-operative missions and a range of Casino Work to tackle in Freemode.

Tao Cheng and The Diamond staff are in serious trouble. Work with Head of Operations Agatha Baker and Cheng to help them protect The Diamond from hostile takeover by the Duggans, a ruthless Texan petrochemical family seeking to expand their business by any means necessary. Step out of the infinity pool and dive into an all new storyline set across action-packed missions for 2-4 players. 

VIPs, CEOs and MC Presidents seeking extracurricular work from Ms. Baker can call her up to embark on Casino Work that pays out both GTA$ and Chips as you recover stolen goods, wrangle disgruntled croupiers and more for the ever-grateful management team. 

The Casino Store offers a rotating selection of painstakingly curated clothing, accessories and artwork available to purchase with Chips. Whether you’re looking for questionable resort fashion or seeking a new conversation piece, you’ll find it here: flaunt it, wear it, nail it to your walls.

Whether you’re showing off a new ride at a meet-up in the covered Parking Garage of The Diamond or putting the valet service to work, new vehicles to own and customize have hit the showroom floors of Southern San Andreas Super Autos and Legendary Motorsport. The Truffade Thrax supercar is available for purchase and can be spotted whirling on the podium as this week’s Lucky Wheel prize. The Obey 8F Drafter sports car, Annis S80RR super car and Enus Paragon R sports car are all now available from Legendary Motorsport. Or pick up the highly customizable Weeny Issi Sport or Vapid Caracara 4×4 from Southern San Andreas Super Autos and take them out on the track in a new Race Series consisting of three brand new land racetracks in addition to four classic, fan-favorite courses.

Word on the street is there are some objects of interest turning up in the state of San Andreas. Talk to any unlicensed dealer in shady antiquities, and they’ll tell you the same thing: people have been finding some seriously old-school playing cards dotted around off the beaten track. Like, 19th century old school.

54 hidden playing cards are strewn across the state, waiting to be found and offering RP and Chip bonuses for each and every discovery. Find them all to unlock the exclusive High Roller Outfit and a unique card set for your Private Dealer to deal Blackjack and Three Card Poker with. 

Collecting them all will also unlock a special item in Red Dead Online later this year.

Twitch Prime members who linked their Twitch and Rockstar Social Club accounts before July 19th can claim their free Master Penthouse in-game today via the website on their iFruit. Those who missed the deadline can still purchase the Master Penthouse and receive a rebate for the price of the base Master Penthouse unit within 48 hours. And all Twitch Prime members who have linked their accounts will receive 75% off the Declasse Scramjet and Nagasaki Shotaro, through July 31, as well as an additional 10% off all sale items.

After your guests have vacated your Member’s Party and the complimentary cleaning services have lifted the questionable stains from the upholstery you can kick back with two Degenatron classics. The Diamond has secured exclusive rights to Invade and Persuade II and Street Crimes: Gang Wars Edition, each come standard with the Bar and Party Hub add-on in the Penthouse.

Jump into GTA Online this week to experience The Diamond Casino & Resort, plus earn your way into The Diamond Program for exclusive benefits detailed below.

To celebrate its opening, The Diamond Casino & Resort is gifting all residents of Los Santos the Blue Diamond Resort LS Tee, completely free. Simply play GTA Online any time before July 31 to claim.

And if your Helipad atop The Diamond could use a little furnishing, take advantage of 40% off a selection of helicopters this week, including the Buckingham Swift Deluxe, Supervolito, Supervolito Carbon, and Volatus.

Today’s update also brings new Daily Objectives as well as a slew of other updates and fixes. In response to your feedback, we’ve disabled the option to use Passive Mode when occupying Weaponized Vehicles. We’ve also made the “Ghost to Player” option more accessible to players on the defensive, becoming available after fewer kills and applying to Organizations and MCs in addition to single players. Read the full Title Update notes for more details.

Stay tuned to the Newswire as we detail new gameplay, vehicles, bonuses and more updates in the weeks to come and for more details on The Diamond Casino & Resort visit thediamondcasinoandresort.com.

Introducing The Diamond Program

Special Rewards at The Diamond Casino & Resort

On July 23^rd, The Diamond Casino & Resort will open its doors and become the premiere destination for entertainment and luxury living in Los Santos. To celebrate the grand opening, The Diamond Program will take VIP Membership status to a new level of self-importance with an assortment of perks and rewards. The velvet rope lifts starting July 23^rd, participate in the action before August 7^th to take advantage of everything The Diamond Program has to offer.

Acquiring a Master Penthouse (or redeeming for free with Twitch Prime) grants Silver Status. In addition to the VIP Membership that comes standard with the Penthouse, Silver Status members will receive the exclusive“She’s Loaded” Wall Art, a modern piece to hang on the wall of your choice using the Penthouse’s Decorations Management feature. Silver Status members will also get casino themed the Diamond Classic Tee.

Silver Status members who help Tao Cheng protect The Diamond from a corrupt family of Texan magnates can complete the second co-operative mission, “House Keeping”, to be upgraded to Gold Status, which unlocks an exclusive livery for the new Truffade Thrax plus a Truffade Tee to match.

Platinum Status membership is a title that’s earned through dirty work. Complete 5 Casino Work Missions for head of operations Agatha Baker (and pick up a tidy sum of GTA$ and Chips along the way) to receive the Lucky 7s Tattoo and the Casino Store’s special accessory, the Kronos Ära Watch (including all variations), a truly luxe timepiece. After completing the first co-operative mission, simply call Ms. Baker to pick up work around the city.

Diamond Status is reserved for all Platinum members who go the long haul. Complete all co-operative missions to earn exclusive liveries. Platinum members who host the missions will receive an exclusive livery for a highly coveted brand-new vehicle. Platinum members who participate in a host’s missions will receive an exclusive livery for the new Annis S80RR supercar. Work together to host and participate in the complete mission strand to unlock both. 

All of the Diamond Program rewards detailed above will be granted between August 8th – 13th.

 And don’t forget, you can get the Master Penthouse with Social Club x Twitch Prime Benefits and hit Silver Status in The Diamond Program. There are two ways for players that link their accounts and claim their benefits to get free access.

If you have completed your sign up and the Master Penthouse isn’t showing as free, you can purchase the Master Penthouse and you’ll receive a rebate for the price of the base Master Penthouse within 48 hours. Otherwise, the price should list as ‘free’ for all active Twitch Prime members in good standing as of July 28th on August 1st, so long as you remain an active Prime member.

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