By Chadley Kemp
The GTA Online Podium Vehicle is a free prize appearing weekly at The Diamond Casino & Resort — but you’ll have to spin the Lucky Wheel and land on the Vehicle segment to win it. If you hit it, the featured car on the podium will instantly be added to your garage at no cost.
While bagging the vehicle obviously requires a bit of luck, you also have a limited number of spins on the Lucky Wheel. Here’s everything you need to know about the GTA Online Podium Vehicle this week, including actual chances of winning it before the next reset.
Editor’s Note: This page was updated on August 26th after the latest GTA Online weekly update.
This week’s GTA Online Podium Vehicle is the Karin Sultan Classic, a 4-door sedan normally costing GTA$1,718,000 at Southern San Andreas Super Autos. You can also unlock its GTA$1,288,500 trade price by completing The Diamond Casino Heist as the leader with the Sultan Classic selected as your getaway vehicle.
The Sultan Classic has a tested top speed of approximately 117 mph (188.3 km/h) when fully upgraded. Its all-wheel-drive system, strong acceleration, four-seat capacity, and extensive customization options make it a capable all-rounder for both races and Freemode driving.
You can find this week’s GTA Online Podium Vehicle beside the Lucky Wheel inside The Diamond Casino & Resort from August 27th to September 3rd, 2026. To claim it for free, you must land on the Vehicle segment when you spin the wheel before the next weekly update.
Absolutely. The Karin Sultan Classic normally costs GTA$1.7 million, so winning it through a free Lucky Wheel spin provides massive savings.
It might not be among the fastest cars in GTA Online, but its 117 mph top speed, responsive all-wheel-drive handling, and four-seat capacity still make it practical. Plus, the car also has an extensive selection of slick visual modifications, making it great for players with an artistic touch – or just those interested in Japanese-inspired tuner builds.
The next reset is expected on September 3rd, 2026, at approximately 5 AM ET / 10 AM BST / 9 AM UTC, when the GTA Online weekly update goes live.
It’s important to remember that the Podium Vehicle reset and your personal Lucky Wheel timer are two separate things. A new car appearing on Thursday doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll immediately receive another spin.
The Podium Vehicle is a rotating vehicle prize available through the Lucky Wheel inside The Diamond Casino & Resort in GTA Online.
Rockstar introduced it alongside the Diamond Casino & Resort update in July 2019. The first vehicle displayed on the podium was the Truffade Thrax, but Rockstar has since rotated different vehicles through the casino as weekly prizes.
The vehicle itself is completely free if you win it, meaning you don’t need to pay its normal dealership price. It’s also separate from the LS Car Meet Prize Ride, which normally requires you to complete a racing challenge rather than relying on the Lucky Wheel.
To win the GTA Online Podium Vehicle this week, you’ll need to visit The Diamond Casino & Resort in East Vinewood and enter the main casino lobby.
Upon entering, you should see the Lucky Wheel right next to the rotating Podium Vehicle — it’s impossible to miss. Next, simply spin the wheel. If the pointer stops on the Vehicle segment, you’ll win the Podium Vehicle on display and be prompted to select one of your properties where you want the car delivered.
Once claimed, the Podium Vehicle behaves like any personal vehicle and can be customized and requested through your Mechanic.
The Lucky Wheel has 20 equal segments, but only one lets you actually win the Podium Vehicle. That gives you approximately a 1-in-20 or 5% chance of winning the car on any given spin.
That might sound low, but your chances become a lot better if you remember to spin throughout the entire event week. If you manage seven spins at 5% odds, your cumulative probability of winning the car works out to roughly 30.2%.
And that’s not “trust me bro” statistics — here’s the math to back it up: 1 − (1 − 0.05)⁷ = 1 − 0.95⁷ ≈ 0.302 (30.2%)
If you have a GTA+ subscription, your odds are even better. Members can take up to two spins during each real-world 24-hour day. This means 14 spins across seven days would provide about 51.2% cumulative chance of hitting the Vehicle segment at least once.
Obviously, that doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to win the Podium Vehicle. Each spin remains independent. However, it’s perfectly possible to win immediately or miss the vehicle throughout the entire week.
You can use the Diamond Casino Lucky Wheel once every 24 real-world hours.
You will get a notification telling you how much time remains before you can spin the Lucky Wheel again – so don’t worry about having to manually keep track of the time. If you don’t win the Podium Vehicle, you can still get GTA$, RP, Casino Chips, clothing, vehicle discounts, and Mystery prizes.
GTA+ members can spin the Lucky Wheel up to twice per account during every real-world 24-hour day.
Rockstar confirmed that any extra spins you haven’t used don’t stack or carry over. Basically, if you don’t use your second spin before it expires, you lose it. Also, if you cancel GTA+, you’ll return to one spin every 24 hours.
No. There is no official method that guarantees you’ll win the Podium Vehicle.
GTA Online players have come up with many Lucky Wheel tricks over the years. This includes waiting a few seconds before spinning or manipulating the speed of the wheel with your controller. There’s also a method of disconnecting or closing GTA Online before an unwanted spin result is saved.
But none of these methods are officially supported by Rockstar or actually work. The Lucky Wheel is a game of chance, in which case the odds are the same every time.
Yes. If your Lucky Wheel spin lands on Vehicle, you can claim the current Podium Vehicle without paying its normal dealership price.
The Podium Vehicle normally changes during the GTA Online weekly update, usually every Thursday.
Weekly GTA Online updates generally arrive at around 5 AM ET / 10 AM BST / 9 AM UTC. The exact timing can occasionally vary.
You can only claim the current weekly Podium Vehicle once. Winning it doesn’t prevent you from spinning the Lucky Wheel on subsequent eligible days, but you won’t be able to build a garage full of duplicates of that week’s car.
Usually, yes. Rockstar typically rotates the Diamond Casino Podium Vehicle alongside its GTA Online weekly update. However, special events can occasionally run for longer than the usual seven-day period.
The Podium Vehicle is displayed beside the Lucky Wheel in the main lobby of The Diamond Casino & Resort in East Vinewood, Los Santos.
No. GTA+ isn’t required to use the Lucky Wheel or win the Podium Vehicle. However, GTA+ subscribers currently receive an extra Lucky Wheel spin each day, giving them up to two spins per real-world 24-hour period.
Chadley Kemp (preferably just "Chad") has nearly a decade of editorial experience spanning esports, gaming, crypto, and betting content, covering everything from Counter-Strike and VALORANT to League of Legends and Dota 2. Outside of esports, Chadley holds a Ph.D. in Physiology and has published research in several peer-reviewed scientific journals.
