Inside Track is an interactive betting shop for thoroughbred horse races featured as an accessible store in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and as a casino-themed activity in Grand Theft Auto Online.
Description
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Inside Track's inclusion in GTA San Andreas is part of the game's gambling mechanism, serving as one of the first available means of gambling the player can perform before Las Venturas becomes accessible; in fact, the two Inside Track outlets are located within the Los Santos/Red County landmass of San Andreas that is available for the player to explore from the beginning of the game.
Inside Track also appears in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and Grand Theft Auto IV, but in these games, the betting shop is a non-interactive establishment with very spartan frontages.
In Grand Theft Auto Online, the company's logo appears on the Red Racing Suit from the Cunning Stunts update. It also can be found as a minor sponsor on some vehicle liveries, such as the 190z.
Grand Theft Auto Online
Inside Track is officially featured in GTA Online as part of The Diamond Casino & Resort update. It is located inside The Diamond Casino & Resort.
Interior
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Shared interior of Inside Track outlets in GTA San Andreas.
The interior of each Inside Track features four manned counters, ceiling-mounted television screens that broadcast horse races, and two inside track betting (ITB) machines, the only interactive items in the establishment, that line the walls. The interior also features a backroom which can be entered.
Unlike virtually every other interior space in the game, it is possible to enter Inside Track shops with recruited gang members and other NPCs. This is mostly likely a programming oversight linked to the storyline mission Against All Odds, where Catalina enters an Inside Track shop with Carl Johnson.
Grand Theft Auto Online
The interior of the Inside Track room consists of a large room with 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).
Locations
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto Online
Betting System
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
A player using an ITB machine.
The ITB machine allows the player to bet on any one of the five racehorses for any amount of money divisible to five, from $5 up to $9,999,995. After selecting a racehorse, the player has to add the amount of money that they would like to bet using a calculator; each button adds a specific amount of money into the wager, namely $5, $25, $100, $250, $1,000, $5,000, or $10,000; the $0 is used to clear the amount bet.
There are five racehorses appearing in each race, with each of them numbered and color-coded. Each horse also has its chance of winning given in the form of fractional odds, ranging from 2/1 to 12/1. On the wager screen of the ITB machine, the horses are ordered from top to bottom, based on winning odds:
- #1 (Blue; most likely to win, smallest odds)
- #2 (Red; second most likely to win, second smallest odds)
- #3 (Yellow; third most likely to win, third largest odds)
- #4 (Purple; second least likely to win, second largest odds)
- #5 (Teal; least likely to win, largest odds)
Once the player places their bet (thereby deducting the bet amount of money from the player), the player is directed to a broadcast of the horse race that lasts between 25 and 30 seconds depending on when the last horse crosses the finish line. The player can then spot a sign saying "SARC24", the channel which is broadcasting the horse races, which is the first TV channel the player can watch in the Grand Theft Auto series.
The player wins only when the horse they bet on wins the race by finishing first, in which case the player gets their wagered money back in addition to the payout money based on the horse's odds. For example, a wager of $100 is made on a horse with 2/1 odds, then that horse wins, so the total amount of money won is $300, including the wagered money.
Grand Theft Auto Online
Inside Track in GTA Online works similarly to its counterpart in GTA San Andreas. Players can bet on any of the six racehorses in the race, with a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $10,000.
The horses are numbered and tiered by their chance of winning. Horses #1 and #2 are the most likely to win, horses #3 and #4 have a smaller chance, and horses #5 and #6 have the smallest chance. Each horse has its chance of winning given in the form of fractional odds. Each horse in line has a smaller chance to win than the previous one(s), and therefore larger odds; the two horses from the same "tier" can have identical odds. The high-tier horses can have odds from "evens" to "5/1", the mid-tier horses from "6/1" to 15/1", and the low-tier horses from "16/1" to "30/1".
Players can theoretically win as much as $300,000 from a single race by betting $10,000 on the horse with the largest odds, i.e. 30/1, but this horse is highly unlikely to win.
Players can opt for any of the two events:
- The Single Event, where the player can bet on their own in a race lasting for around 30 seconds.
- The Main Event, where the player can bet against other players in a race that lasts longer, around one minute. This type of race is automatically triggered every five minutes.
Prominent Appearances in Gameplay
The Inside Track betting shop appears in one mission in GTA San Andreas, namely Against All Odds. The mission involves Catalina, together with protagonist Carl Johnson, robbing the Montgomery branch of the betting shop for money by blowing open the outlet's safe in its back room, drawing the attention of the police before escaping to Catalina's hideout cabin in Fern Ridge.
List of Horse Names and Chances
Almost all of the horse's names are humorous and crude terms, referencing genitalia and sex.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- 2nd Hand Sock
- Accept the Length
- Air Biscuit
- Arthur or Martha
- Axe Wound
- Backdoor Bandit
- Bankrupt Rage
- Barkers Eggs
- Barnton Bellbanger
- Beanflicker
- Beef Bandito
- Biffen's Bridge
- Biffin's Bridge
- Billy Sastard
- Bishop Basher
- Bloated Bag
- Bolt Shooter
- Bronson
- Bronx Cheer
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Buckmelad
- Bush Bandit
- Camel's Toe
- Cauliflower Arse
- Cheesy Chode
- Cheesy Hornblower
- Chocolate Channel
- Chocolate Starfish
- Chunder Munchkin
- Chutney Bunker
- Clown's Pocket
- Cock Soup
- Cocoa Shunter
- Collar & Cuffs
- Crack Horse
- Cryptorchid
- Cunning Lingus
- Dead Lemon
- Dead Wipe
- Diddy Ride
- Dildonut & Burdock
- Dong Johnson
- Donner's Kebab
- Dr Boogie
- Duck My Sick
- Dundee Ned
- Facial Lancer
- Fairy Hammock
- Falkirk Boy
- Filshie's Filly
- Fingers and Tops
- Five Finger Splay
- Flange Spanner
- Flaps Ahoy
- Funbags
- Gary's Gelding
- Gentlemen's Relish
- Ginger Witch
- Gypsy's Cat
- Hairy Dyke
- Handy Shandy
- Hardly Flanged
- Haway the Lads
- Henrik's Jaw
- Holy Colon
- Hot Pants
- Jackson's Lad
- Jacques Yerlot
- Jockstar
- Jocks Away
- Juice Trigger
- Kelly's Boy
- Kinnear's Demise
- Knob Polisher
- Knuckle Shuffle
- Kohl Bunker
- Les Long
- Little Bishop
- Lolly's Fern
- Loose Pink
- Lord Lucan
- Love Burglar
- Love Lips
- Love Torpedo
- Love Truncheon
- Lush Gush
- Money Shot
- Mackem Delight
- Mary Hinge
- McTagnut & Fries
- Melancholy Thatch
- Monkey Puss
- Monkey's Thumb
- Mouse's Ear
- Mr Winky
- Neigh Bother
- Neutered Nik
- No Wasps
- Ochayethenoo
- One-Eyed Warrior
- Panhandle
- Pearl's Necklace
- Pearly Droplets
- Pebbledash
- Pebble Dasher
- Peking Twister
- Perverted Preacher
- Piddle in Perspex
- Pillow Biter
- Priapism Willie
- Purple Love
- Reef's Folly
- Reeves' Revenge
- Reverse Cowgirl
- Ring of Fire
- Rocinante
- Rump Rider
- Run Away Jay
- Saddam's Madam
- Salt 'n' Sauce
- Sarwar's Spray
- Sausage Sandwich
- Schlong Odds
- Scotland Nil
- Shatner's Bassoon
- Shoot Me
- Silvery Tear
- Skittery Trots
- Slap & Tickle
- Smellyama
- Spam Javelin
- Spicy Mushroom
- Split Kipper
- Stained Rigid
- Sterilized Steed
- Stool Pigeon
- Syphilitic Meat
- Tagnut
- Tax the Poor
- Tester Turd
- That's Bollocks
- The Angry Captain
- Tight Brown
- Tummy Squeaker
- Tunky Packer
- Tunnel Tester
- Turbot Tornado
- Up the Dumper
- Uphill Gardener
- Venereal Dodger
- Vinegar Stroke
- Watery Passage
- Weasel Burglar
- Wee Crunchie
- Wet Cabbage
- Wet Circle
- Wizard's Sleeve
- Wong's Wang
- Yoghurt Cannon
Grand Theft Auto Online
- A Tethered End, 27/1
- Bad Egg, 29/1
- Banana Hammock, 16/1
- Better than Nothing, 15/1
- Black Rock Rooster, 18/1
- Bleet Me Baby, 7/1
- Blue Dream, 2/1
- Borrowed Sorrow, 12/1
- Bouncy Blessed, 5/1
- Cancelled Check, 25/1
- Can't Be Wronger, 28/1
- Clapback Charlie, 10/1
- Constant Brag, 3/1
- Country Stuck, 21/1
- Crackers and Please, 3/1
- Creepy Dentist, 7/1
- Crock Janley, 8/1
- Dancin' Pole, 9/1
- Dancin' Shoes, 5/1
- Darling Ricki, 22/1
- Dead Fam, 26/1
- Dead Heat Hattie, 17/1
- Dexie Runner, 6/1
- Divorced Doctor, 7/1
- Doozy Floozy, 13/1
- Downtown Renown, 4/1
- Dr. Deez Reins, 5/1
- Dream Shatterer, EVENS
- Drone Warning, 8/1
- Drunken Brandee, 14/1
- Durban Poison, 20/1
- Feed the Trolls, 30/1
- Fire Hazards, 24/1
- Flipped Wig, 12/1
- Friendly Fire, 9/1
- Getting Haughty, 3/1
- Ghost Dank, 10/1
- Glass or Tina, 23/1
- Hard Time Done, 18/1
- Hell for Weather, 2/1
- Hennigan's Steed, 4/1
- Hippie Crack, 23/1
- Hot & Bothered, 2/1
- Invade Grenade, 13/1
- It's a Trap, EVENS
- Kraff Running, 14/1
- Lead Is out, 3/1
- Lit as Truck, EVENS
- Lonely Stepbrother, 3/1
- Los Santos Savior, 5/1
- Lover's Speed, 2/1
- Measles Smeezles, 15/1
- Micro Aggression, 8/1
- Minimum Wager, 26/1
- Miss Mary John, 22/1
- Miss Triggered, 19/1
- Mister Redacted, 19/1
- Mister Scissors, 7/1
- Money to Burn, 30/1
- Moon Rocks, 4/1
- Mr. Worthwhile, 2/1
- Mud Dragon, 5/1
- Night-time Mare, 16/1
- Northern Lights, 15/1
- Nuns Orders, 9/1
- Ol' Skag, 28/1
- Old Ill Will, 29/1
- Omens and Ice, 3/1
- Pedestrian, 25/1
- Pretty as a Pistol, 4/1
- Questionable Dignity, 12/1
- Reach Around Town, 6/1
- Robocall, 4/1
- Salt 'n' Sauce, EVENS
- Salty and Woke, 17/1
- Scrawny Nag, 30/1
- Sir Scrambled, 26/1
- Sizzurp, 13/1
- Snatched Your Mama, EVENS
- Social Media Warrior, 27/1
- Square to Go, 6/1
- Study Buddy, 15/1
- Stupid Money, 30/1
- Sumptin Saucy, EVENS
- Sweet Releaf, 4/1
- Tax the Poor, 13/1
- Tea Ache Sea, 24/1
- Tenpenny, 10/1
- There She Blows, 2/1
- Throwing Shady, 21/1
- Thunder Skunk, 20/1
- Total Belter, EVENS
- Turnt Mood, 12/1
- Uptown Rider, 14/1
- Wage of Consent, 21/1
- Wee Scunner, 8/1
- Worth a Kingdom, 2/1
- Yay Yo Let's Go, 3/1
- Yellow Sunshine, 5/1
Gallery
Trivia
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- It is almost impossible to shoot the attendants working behind the counter. As soon as Carl opens fire, they will duck and cover. Since there is no actual way of getting behind the counter, this will make the attendants virtually impossible to kill unless Carl uses explosives or molotov cocktails.
Grand Theft Auto Online
- The Inside Track logo in Grand Theft Auto Online uses the Impact typeface.
- The description for the Single Event on the ITB machine is "Play with yourself", a clear reference to masturbation.
- The horse "Scrawny Nag" is a reference to the Scrawny Nag horse which players temporarily receive in Rockstar Games' Red Dead Online if their main horse dies.