While it’s always nice to have a game you can play for free without having to worry about spending money, sometimes you want to play with real money instead. Grand Theft Auto 5 lets you do just that – and it doesn’t require you to spend a dime to enjoy the experience. Let’s take a closer look at how betting in GTA 5 works.
Setting Up the Vegas-Like Feel With Real Money
One of the most exciting things about Grand Theft Auto 5 is the inclusion of real-world wagering. When you play with real money, all bets are considered final, there’s no time limit for the game, and you don’t have to keep score. This makes it feel more like you’re playing in Las Vegas than any previous installment in the series – and that’s an aspect that attracted countless gamers back in the day.
The wagering in GTA 5 is actually considered to be a “mini-game”, which allows for even more flexibility with regards to how you want to play. For example, you can place bets on anything that happens in the game, from the weather to the score of an upcoming basketball game. The only real restriction is that you can’t place bets on sports teams or competitions.
You can also set limits on how much you’re willing to wager on any given subject. If you decide that you don’t want to risk more than $100 on the outcome of a single game, for example, you can set that limit and prevent yourself from being manipulated by large bets from time to time.
Plenty Of Ways To Earn Cash
The good thing about the betting in GTA 5 is that there are so many ways to earn money. Not only do you get to keep whatever you win, but you also get to spend your hard-earned cash on various items and services that you might need in order to progress in the game. This is in contrast to older titles in the series, where you mainly worked to earn money to buy cars or weapons, and sometimes you even had to go begging for some. It makes for a greater sense of freedom and variety in terms of how you can complete your missions.
Betting Is Done Through a Mini-Game
The mini-game that handles all of the betting in GTA 5 is called the Decider. You’ll find this mini-game at the start of every day in Las Vegas, where you’ll also find the “Grand Theft Auto” games in general. If you’ve ever played Poker before, then the Decider is very similar to that game. Essentially, you’re trying to decide whether or not a particular event will happen – like whether or not a basketball game will end in a certain score range, or if it will be sunny or cloudy tomorrow. You have two options per event: “YES” or “NO”. If you think that the odds are in your favor then go for it, if you don’t then choose “NO”.
Along with the Decider mini-game, you’ll find two additional options in the game: “I know” and “I don’t know”. The “I know” option lets you make a prediction for that day’s events, and if you guess correctly then you get to keep whatever you win. The “I don’t know” option is similar, but instead of keeping what you win, you lose your stake (which is typically zero, but can be as high as $500).
Wagering Is Considered To Be Fun
It should come as no surprise that one of the most exciting aspects of Grand Theft Auto 5 is its use of real-world wagering. This is something that attracted countless fans back in the day (myself included) because it added an element of chance that had never been seen in an earlier installment of the series. When you play with real money, all bets are considered final, there’s no time limit for the game, and you don’t have to keep score. This makes it feel more like you’re playing in Las Vegas than any previous installment in the series – which, in my book, makes it an instant classic.