8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 3, 2002 (May 3, 2002)


                          HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             DELAWARE                   1-10410                  62-1411755
   (State or other jurisdiction       (Commission             (I.R.S. Employer
         of incorporation)            File Number)           Identification No.)

         ONE HARRAH'S COURT
         LAS VEGAS, NEVADA                                          89119
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                          (Zip Code)


                                 (702) 407-6000
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

         On May 3, 2002, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. issued a press release, a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99(1) and incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

                  (c)      Exhibits

                           99(1) Text of press release, dated May 3, 2002, of
                           the Registrant.


                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                          HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.


Date: May 3, 2002                        By: /s/ Brad L. Kerby
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                                             Name:  Brad L. Kerby
                                             Title: Vice President, Corporate
                                                    Counsel, and Secretary

EX-99.1

                                                                   EXHIBIT 99(1)

        Frank Biondi, Jr. Joins Harrah's Entertainment Board Of Directors

         LAS VEGAS, May 3, 2002 - Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET)
announced today that Frank J. Biondi Jr., Senior Managing Director of WaterView
Advisors LLC, a private equity fund specializing in media, has been appointed to
serve on the Harrah's Entertainment Board of Directors, subject to regulatory
approvals.

         Biondi previously served as chairman and chief executive officer of
Universal Studios and was a director of The Seagram Company Ltd. He is former
president, CEO and a director of Viacom, Inc., and ex-chairman and CEO of
Coca-Cola Television. Earlier in his career, Biondi was chairman and CEO of Home
Box Office, Inc.

         Biondi is a director of The Bank of New York; Amgen, Inc.; Hasbro,
Inc.; Vail Resorts, Inc; The Museum of Television and Radio, and The
International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is a founding member of the University of
Southern California's Board of Councilors of the School of Cinema-Television and
is on the board of advisors for The Annenberg School for Communications at USC.
He received a B.A. from Princeton University and M.B.A. from Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Administration.

         "We are very pleased that Frank has joined our board," said Phil Satre,
Harrah's Entertainment Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "His vision, energy
and experience as the top executive of leading entertainment companies will be
invaluable to Harrah's Entertainment."

         Biondi is one of nine outside directors on the 11-member Harrah's
board. Satre and Gary Loveman, Harrah's Entertainment President and Chief
Operating Officer, are the two company representatives on the board.

         Founded in 1937, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. operates 25 casinos in
the United States, primarily under the Harrah's brand name. Harrah's
Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its target customers
through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed
distribution, operational excellence and technological leadership. More
information about Harrah's Entertainment is available on the company's Web site,
WWW.HARRAHS.COM.