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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Inside Track's inclusion in GTA San Andreas is part of the game's [[gambling]] mechanism, serving as one of the first gambling establishments that the player has access to prior to unlocking the [[Las Venturas]] segment of [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]; in fact, GTA San Andreas' only two Inside Track outlets are located within the [[Los Santos]]/[[Red County]] landmass that is available for the player to explore from the beginning of the game. The two Inside Track outlets are specifically located in [[Downtown Los Santos|Downtown]] [[Los Santos]] under the [[Mulholland Intersection]] and in [[Montgomery]], [[Red County]]. | Inside Track's inclusion in GTA San Andreas is part of the game's [[gambling]] mechanism, serving as one of the first gambling establishments that the player has access to prior to unlocking the [[Las Venturas]] segment of [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]; in fact, GTA San Andreas' only two Inside Track outlets are located within the [[Los Santos]]/[[Red County]] landmass that is available for the player to explore from the beginning of the game. The two Inside Track outlets are specifically located in [[Downtown Los Santos|Downtown]] [[Los Santos]] under the [[Mulholland Intersection]] and in [[Montgomery]], [[Red County]]. | ||
[[Image:InsideTrack-GTASA-interior.jpg|thumb|340px|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. | 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. | ||
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In "[[Against All Odds]]" in GTA San Andreas, [[Catalina]], together with [[Protagonist|protagonist]] [[Carl Johnson]], robs the Montgomery branch of the betting shop for money by blowing open the outlet's safe in its back room. As a result, was chased by [[San Andreas Police Department|police]]. Luckily, they are able to get to [[Catalina's Hideout|Catalina's hideout]] in [[Fern Ridge]] to lose the cops. | In "[[Against All Odds]]" in GTA San Andreas, [[Catalina]], together with [[Protagonist|protagonist]] [[Carl Johnson]], robs the Montgomery branch of the betting shop for money by blowing open the outlet's safe in its back room. As a result, was chased by [[San Andreas Police Department|police]]. Luckily, they are able to get to [[Catalina's Hideout|Catalina's hideout]] in [[Fern Ridge]] to lose the cops. | ||
Inside Track reappears in GTA Vice City Stories and GTA IV, but exist in both games as non-interactive establishment. | Inside Track reappears in GTA Vice City Stories and GTA IV, but exist in both games as non-interactive establishment with very spartan frontages. The GTA Vice City Stories rendition is located in [[Vice Point]], [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]], just east of the Vice point [[Pay 'n' Spray]]; the GTA IV rendition is located on Morris Street in [[East Island City]], [[Dukes]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. | ||
== Betting trick == | == Betting trick == | ||
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* Most of the horse's names in the races are usually explicit/humorous plays on words of phrases or names. For example - Reversed Cowgirl is a play on words of Reversed Cowboy, a sexual position. | * Most of the horse's names in the races are usually explicit/humorous plays on words of phrases or names. For example - Reversed Cowgirl is a play on words of Reversed Cowboy, a sexual position. | ||
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InsideTrack-GTASA-Mulholland-exterior.jpg|Los Santos Inside Track, GTA San Andreas. | |||
InsideTrack-GTASA-Montgomery-exterior.jpg|Montgomery Inside Track, GTA San Andreas. | |||
Inside Track-GTASA-horses.jpg|Selecting a horse using an Inside Track ITB machines in GTA San Andreas, and placing a wager on it in which the player can either lose that amount of money or win a multiplication of that amount. | |||
Inside Track-GTASA-race.jpg|A race on a machine, GTA San Andreas. | |||
InsideTrack-GTAVCS-exterior.jpg|Vice Point, Vice City, Inside Track in GTA Vice City Stories, with its name visible on the awning. The "OTB" acronym stands for "[[wp:Off-track betting|off-track betting]]". | |||
InsideTrack-GTA4-exterior.jpg|Dukes, Liberty City, Inside Track in GTA IV. | |||
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