Arcade

Setup, step by step

1. 1Buy an arcade from Maze Bank Foreclosures; Paleto Bay is the cheapest, Rockford Hills the most central.
2. 2Meet Lester to unlock the Diamond Casino Heist planning board in the basement.
3. 3Pick your approach — Silent & Sneaky, The Big Con or Aggressive — and buy the matching support crew.
4. 4Run the required prep missions, keeping the getaway vehicles and weapons you already like.
5. 5Do the finale with a crew you trust; cut splits are agreed on the board before you start.

Best upgrade order

• Buy laterMaster Control Terminalabout $1,750,000

  Starts every other business's sales and resupplies from one screen — a huge time saver once you own several.

• OptionalDrone station

  Only used for remote scouting and mischief.

• OptionalArcade machines

  They trickle a small daily safe income and unlock the Love Professor and CJ machines.

• OptionalLiving quarters and garage

  Spawn point and storage, not income.

Worth knowing

• •Arcade machine income is small but automatic — buy a few cabinets and empty the safe when you pass through.
• •Keeping the same approach across runs makes preps much faster the second time.

Setup and upgrade notes checked Sep 27, 2026.

Payback chart

Each bar is one week of profit after the purchase. Estimates, not guarantees.

Source: GTA Wiki · checked Sep 27, 2026