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9. Tweaking Your Internet Settings To Bleed The Casino Dry - Grand Theft Auto Online
We're using the phrase "bleed dry" metaphorically here of course, because Grand Theft Auto Online's money is a digital, endlessly duplicable resource.
An entire article could be written on the near-countless glitches and exploits players have discovered to wring free cash out of the game, which as of last year was still generating millions of dollars a day in microtransaction revenue for Rockstar.
One of the more creative glitches involves tinkering with your console's Internet settings while at the game's Diamond Casino.
By altering your hardware's DNS settings during play, you're able to trick the game into letting you repeatedly win at the gambling tables.
After winning once, stand up from the table and change something in your character's appearance, which will trigger an in-game load and, per your altered online settings, dupe the game into repeating the hand you just played.
You can then return to the table and basically play the exact same hand again, netting you more money.
Better still, in the event that you do end up losing a hand eventually, you'll simply be disconnected from GTA Online before your loss can be registered server-side, ensuring you'll only ever win money while gambling.
Again, this is just one of the many, many exploits players have discovered in GTA Online over the years, and considering the colossal profits Rockstar is bringing in regardless, it's hard to feel even remotely guilty about using them.