Contractual Commitments Contractual Commitments (Notes)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	Contractual Commitments and Contingent Liabilities Contractual Commitments Except as described in Note 1, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we have not entered into any material contractual commitments outside of the ordinary course of business that have materially changed our contractual commitments as compared to December 31, 2014. Interest Payments As of September 30, 2015, our estimated interest payments for the rest of the year ending December 31, 2015 are $212 million, for the years ended December 31, 2016 through 2019 are $569 million, $567 million, $579 million, and $588 million, respectively, and $803 million in total thereafter through maturity. See Note 12 for details of our debt outstanding. Contingent Liabilities Self-Insurance Prior to the deconsolidation of CEOC, we were self-insured for employee medical (health, dental and vision) and risk insurance, including workers compensation, and our insurance claims and reserves included accruals of estimated settlements for known claims, as well as accruals of actuarial estimates of incurred but not reported claims. As of December 31, 2014, we had total self-insurance liability accruals of $185 million. We continue to be self-insured for workers compensation and other risk insurance as of September 30, 2015, with a total estimated self-insurance liability of $158 million, and estimated employee medical insurance claims of $15 million have been funded as of September 30, 2015. Deferred Compensation and Employee Benefits Deferred Compensation Plans As of September 30, 2015, certain current and former employees of Caesars, and our subsidiaries and affiliates, have balances under the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan, the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan II, the Park Place Entertainment Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, and the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. These plans are deferred compensation plans that allow certain employees an opportunity to save for retirement and other purposes. Each of the plans is now frozen and is no longer accepting contributions. However, participants may still earn returns on existing plan balances based upon their selected investment alternatives, which are reflected in their deferral accounts. Plan obligations in respect of all of these plans were previously included in Caesars’ consolidated financial statements as liabilities due to the consolidation of CEOC. As of September 30, 2015, Caesars has recorded in the accompanying financial statements $46 million in liabilities, representing the estimate of its obligations under the deferred compensation plans described above. The additional liability in respect of these plans that Caesars has not recorded is approximately $27 million, as it was determined that this portion of the liability was attributable to CEOC. Trust Assets CEC is a party to a trust agreement and an escrow agreement, each structured as so-called “rabbi trust” arrangements, which hold assets that may be used to satisfy obligations under the deferred compensation plans above. Amounts held pursuant to the trust agreement were approximately $64 million as of September 30, 2015, and amounts held pursuant to the escrow agreement were approximately $53 million as of September 30, 2015. The accompanying financial statements record the assets held pursuant to the trust agreement as long-term restricted assets on CEC’s balance sheet. The accompanying financial statements do not record the assets held pursuant to the escrow agreement on CEC’s balance sheet as we continue to assess the escrow agreement and the propriety of the funds that were contributed in accordance with the agreement. The amounts recorded as assets and liabilities are based upon Caesars’ current conclusions regarding ownership of assets and obligation to pay liabilities in respect of the plans and trust assets described above. These amounts may change as a result of many factors, including but not limited to the following: further analyses by Caesars, events occurring in connection with discussions with CEOC creditors, and CEOC’s Chapter 11 cases. Such changes, if they occur, could eliminate or reduce the assets or liabilities recorded on Caesars’ balance sheet, increase the asset for all or some portion of the assets held pursuant to the escrow agreement, or increase the liabilities not recorded. Caesars believes that it may have claims to all or some portion of the assets held pursuant to the escrow agreement.

Contractual Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Contractual Commitments

Except as described in Note 1, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we have not entered into any material contractual commitments outside of the ordinary course of business that have materially changed our contractual commitments as compared to December 31, 2014.

Interest Payments

As of September 30, 2015, our estimated interest payments for the rest of the year ending December 31, 2015 are $212 million, for the years ended December 31, 2016 through 2019 are $569 million, $567 million, $579 million, and $588 million, respectively, and $803 million in total thereafter through maturity. See Note 12 for details of our debt outstanding.

Contingent Liabilities

Self-Insurance

Prior to the deconsolidation of CEOC, we were self-insured for employee medical (health, dental and vision) and risk insurance, including workers compensation, and our insurance claims and reserves included accruals of estimated settlements for known claims, as well as accruals of actuarial estimates of incurred but not reported claims. As of December 31, 2014, we had total self-insurance liability accruals of $185 million. We continue to be self-insured for workers compensation and other risk insurance as of September 30, 2015, with a total estimated self-insurance liability of $158 million, and estimated employee medical insurance claims of $15 million have been funded as of September 30, 2015.

Deferred Compensation and Employee Benefits

Deferred Compensation Plans

As of September 30, 2015, certain current and former employees of Caesars, and our subsidiaries and affiliates, have balances under the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan, the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan II, the Park Place Entertainment Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, and the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan. These plans are deferred compensation plans that allow certain employees an opportunity to save for retirement and other purposes.

Each of the plans is now frozen and is no longer accepting contributions. However, participants may still earn returns on existing plan balances based upon their selected investment alternatives, which are reflected in their deferral accounts.

Plan obligations in respect of all of these plans were previously included in Caesars’ consolidated financial statements as liabilities due to the consolidation of CEOC. As of September 30, 2015, Caesars has recorded in the accompanying financial statements $46 million in liabilities, representing the estimate of its obligations under the deferred compensation plans described above. The additional liability in respect of these plans that Caesars has not recorded is approximately $27 million, as it was determined that this portion of the liability was attributable to CEOC.

Trust Assets

CEC is a party to a trust agreement and an escrow agreement, each structured as so-called “rabbi trust” arrangements, which hold assets that may be used to satisfy obligations under the deferred compensation plans above. Amounts held pursuant to the trust agreement were approximately $64 million as of September 30, 2015, and amounts held pursuant to the escrow agreement were approximately $53 million as of September 30, 2015.

The accompanying financial statements record the assets held pursuant to the trust agreement as long-term restricted assets on CEC’s balance sheet. The accompanying financial statements do not record the assets held pursuant to the escrow agreement on CEC’s balance sheet as we continue to assess the escrow agreement and the propriety of the funds that were contributed in accordance with the agreement.

The amounts recorded as assets and liabilities are based upon Caesars’ current conclusions regarding ownership of assets and obligation to pay liabilities in respect of the plans and trust assets described above. These amounts may change as a result of many factors, including but not limited to the following: further analyses by Caesars, events occurring in connection with discussions with CEOC creditors, and CEOC’s Chapter 11 cases. Such changes, if they occur, could eliminate or reduce the assets or liabilities recorded on Caesars’ balance sheet, increase the asset for all or some portion of the assets held pursuant to the escrow agreement, or increase the liabilities not recorded. Caesars believes that it may have claims to all or some portion of the assets held pursuant to the escrow agreement.