Exhibit 3.82

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER

OF

PLAYERS RIVERBOAT, LLC

a Louisiana limited liability company

WITH AND INTO

PLAYERS RIVERBOAT II, LLC

a Louisiana limited liability company

In accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes and in order to effectuate the merger of Players Riverboat, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company, with and into Players Riverboat II, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company, the undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

1. Players Riverboat, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company, and Players Riverboat II, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company, are the parties to the merger.

2. The name of the Surviving Company is Players Riverboat II, LLC.

3. An agreement and plan of merger (the “Plan of Merger”) has been authorized and approved by Players Riverboat, LLC and by Players Riverboat II, LLC in accordance with R.S. 12:1359.

4. The Articles of Organization of Players Riverboat II, LLC shall be the Articles of Organization of the Surviving Company and are not being amended.

5. A complete executed Plan of Merger is on file at the following principal office of the Surviving Company: One Harrah’s Court, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119.

6. A copy of the Plan of Merger will be furnished by the Surviving Company on request and without cost to any member of any entity that is a party to the merger.

7. The effective date of the merger shall be December 31, 2002.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his hand as of December 18, 2002.

“Surviving Company”
PLAYERS RIVERBOAT II, LLC
By:	Players Riverboat Management, LLC, Member
	By:	Players Holding, Inc., Sole Member
		By:	/s/ Charles L. Atwood
			Charles L. Atwood, Senior Vice President
By:	Players Riverboat, LLC, Member
	By:	Players Holding, Inc. Sole Member
		By:	/s/ Charles L. Atwood
			Charles L. Atwood, Senior Vice President

State of NEVADA	)
	)	ss.
County of CLARK	)

Charles L. Atwood acknowledged this instrument before me on December 18^th, 2002.

/s/ Jill P. Reith

Notary Public

My commission expires:

JILL P. REITH

NOTARY PUBLIC

STATE OF NEVADA

No. 92-4232-1

My appt. exp. Aug. 31, 2004

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