EX-21 7 a2152383zex-21.htm EXHIBIT 21
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Exhibit 21

HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC. SUBSIDIARIES
As of December 31, 2004

Name
   Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
   Percentage of
Ownership
  
Aster Insurance Ltd.   Bermuda   100 %
Harrah's Operating Company, Inc.   Delaware   100 %
  Dusty Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Entertainment Limited   England/Wales   100 %
    Harrah's Activity Limited   England/Wales   100 %
      Harrah's Portside Limited   England/Alderney   100 %
    Harrah's Interactive Limited   England/Wales   100 %
    Harrah's Online Limited   Alderney   100 %
  Harrah South Shore Corporation   California   100 %
  Harrah's Alabama Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Arizona Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Atlantic City, Inc.   New Jersey   100 %
  Harrah's Aviation, Inc.   Tennessee   100 %
  H-BAY, LLC   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Bossier City Management Company, LLC   Nevada   100 %
  HCAL, LLC   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Chester Downs Holding Company, LLC   Delaware   100 %
    Harrah's Chester Downs Investment Company, LLC   Delaware   100 %
      Harrah's Chester Downs & Marina, L.L.C.   Pennsylvania   50 %
  Harrah's Chester Downs Management Company, LLC   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Consulting Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Illinois Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Interactive Investment Company   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Investments, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Kansas Casino Corporation   Nevada   100 %
    HPB Corporation   Kansas   100 %
  Harrah's Las Vegas, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Laughlin, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's License Company, LLC   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Management Company   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Marketing Services Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Maryland Heights LLC(1)   Delaware   54.45 %
  Harrah's Maryland Heights Operating Company   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's NC Casino Company, LLC(2)   North Carolina   99 %
  Harrah's New Jersey, Inc.   New Jersey   100 %
  Harrah's New Orleans Management Company   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's North Kansas City LLC(3)   Missouri   100 %
  Harrah's Nova Scotia Unlimited Liability Company   Nova Scotia   100 %
  Harrah's of Jamaica, Ltd.   Jamaica   100 %
  Harrah's Operating Company Memphis, LLC(4)   Delaware   100 %
  Harrah's Pittsburgh Management Company   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Reno Holding Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Shreveport/Bossier City Holding Company, LLC   Delaware   100 %
           

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  Harrah's Shreveport Management Company, LLC   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Shreveport Investment Company, LLC   Nevada   100 %
    Harrah's Shreveport/Bossier City Investment Company, LLC(5)   Delaware   84.3 %
      Harrah's Bossier City Investment Company, LLC   Louisiana   100 %
  Harrah's Skagit Valley Agency Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Southwest Michigan Casino Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Travel, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Tunica Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's Vicksburg Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Harrah's West Warwick Gaming Company, LLC   Delaware   100 %
  Harrah's West Warwick Investment Company, LLC   Delaware   100 %
    Narragansett Tribe/Harrah's Casino Project Company, LLC   Rhode Island   100 %
  HHLV Management Company, LLC   Nevada   100 %
  JCC Holding Company II LLC   Delaware   100 %
    Jazz Casino Company, LLC   Louisiana   100 %
    JCC Development Company, LLC   Louisiana   100 %
    JCC Canal Development, LLC   Louisiana   100 %
    JCC Fulton Development, LLC   Louisiana   100 %
  Rio Hotel & Casino, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Rio Resort Properties, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Rio Properties, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
      Cinderlane, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
        Twain Avenue, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
      HLG, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Rio Development Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Rio Vegas Hotel Casino, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
  Showboat, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Ocean Showboat, Inc.   New Jersey   100 %
      Atlantic City Showboat, Inc.   New Jersey   100 %
    Showboat Development Company   Nevada   100 %
      Showboat Indiana, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
      Showboat Louisiana, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
      Showboat New Hampshire, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Showboat Land Company   Nevada   100 %
    Showboat Operating Company   Nevada   100 %
      Showboat Land LLC(6)   Nevada   1 %
    Showboat Nova Scotia Unlimited Liability Company   Nova Scotia   100 %
  Trigger Real Estate Corporation   Nevada   100 %
  Waterfront Entertainment and Development, Inc.   Indiana   100 %
  Players International, LLC   Nevada   100 %
    Players Development, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Players Holding, LLC   Nevada   100 %
      PCI, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
      Players Bluegrass Downs, Inc.   Kentucky   100 %
      Players LC, LLC   Nevada   100 %
        Harrah's Lake Charles, LLC   Louisiana   100 %
      Players Maryland Heights, Inc.   Missouri   100 %
      Players Maryland Heights Nevada, LLC   Nevada   100 %
      Players Riverboat, LLC   Nevada   100 %
           

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      Players Riverboat Management, LLC   Nevada   100 %
        Players Riverboat II, LLC(7)   Louisiana   1 %
          Harrah's Star Partnership(8)   Louisiana   99 %
        Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc.   Illinois   100 %
      Players Resources, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
      Players Services, Inc.   New Jersey   100 %
 
Harveys Casino Resorts
 
Nevada
 
100
%
    Harveys BR Management Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Harveys C.C. Management Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Harveys Iowa Management Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Harveys L.V. Management Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Harveys Tahoe Management Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    HBR Realty Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    HCR Services Company, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Reno Projects, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    WestAd   Nevada   100 %
  Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp.   Delaware   100 %
    Casino Computer Programming, Inc.   Indiana   100 %
    Horseshoe GP, Inc.   Nevada   100 %
    Horseshoe Hammond, Inc.   Indiana   100 %
      Hammond Residential, LLC   Indiana   100 %
    Horseshoe License Company(9)   Nevada   49 %
    Horseshoe Shreveport, L.L.C.   Louisiana   100 %
    Red Oak Insurance Company Ltd.   Barbados   100 %
 
Subsidiaries of Partnerships
 
 
 
 
 
    Reno Crossroads LLC(10)   Delaware      
    Showboat Marina Finance Corporation(11)   Nevada      
    Bossier City Land Corporation(12)   Louisiana      
(1)
54.45% Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., .55% Harrah's Maryland Heights Operating Company, 4.5% Players Maryland Heights, Inc., 40.50% Players Maryland Heights Nevada, Inc.

(2)
99% Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., 1% Harrah's Management Company

(3)
Successor by merger with Harrah's North Kansas City Corporation, 100% Harrah's Operating Company, Inc.

(4)
Converted from Delaware corporation to Delaware limited liability company on 6/18/04. Harrah's Operating Company Memphis, Inc. originally formed on 12/15/99.

(5)
84.3% Harrah's Shreveport Investment Company, LLC, 9.8%Harrah's Shreveport/Bossier City Holding Company, LLC,0.9% Harrah's Shreveport Management Company, LLC , 5% Harrah's New Orleans Management Company

(6)
1% Showboat Operating Company, 99% Showboat Land Holding Limited Partnership

(7)
1% Players Riverboat Management, LLC, 99% Players Riverboat, LLC

(8)
99% Players Riverboat II, LLC, 1% Players Riverboat Management, LLC

(9)
49% Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp.; 51% Harrah's Operating Company, Inc.

(10)
100% owned by Marina Associates.

(11)
100% owned by Showboat Marina Casino Partnership

(12)
100% owned by Horseshoe Entertainment

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HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC. PARTNERSHIPS

Name
and
Address
   Subsidiary
Serving
As Partner
   Ownership
%
   Control
%
   Other
Partner
Marina Associates
Joint Venture
(a NJ general partnership
777 Harrah's Blvd.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401		   Harrah's Atlantic City, Inc.
Harrah's New Jersey, Inc.		   48.65
51.34		 %
%		 48.65
51.34		 %
%		 N/A
N/A

Des Plaines Development
Limited Partnership
150 N. Scott Street
Joliet, IL 60431
 
Harrah's Illinois Corporation
 
80
%
83
%
Des Plaines Development Corporation (20%)

Tunica Partners L.P.
(a MS limited partnership)
 
Harrah's Tunica Corporation
(General Partner)
 
83
%
83
%
Harrah's Vicksburg Corporation 17% (Limited Partner)

Tunica Partners II L.P.
 
Harrah's Tunica Corporation (General Partner)
 
83
%
83
%
Harrah's Vicksburg Corporation 17% (Limited Partner)

Tunica Golf Course LLC
1023 Cherry Road
Memphis, TN 38117
 
Harrah's Tunica Corporation
 
33.33
%
33.33
%
HWCC-Golf Course Partners, Inc. 33.33%
Boyd Tunica, Inc. 33.33%

Turfway Park, LLC
 
Dusty Corporation
 
33.33
%
33.33
%
Dreamport, Inc. 33.33%
Keeneland Association, Inc. 33.33%

Reno Crossroads LLC
777 Harrah's Boulevard
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
 
Marina Associates
 
100
%
100
%
 

Showboat Indiana
Investment Limited Partnership
 
Showboat Indiana, Inc.
(General Partner)
 
1
%
1
%
Showboat Operating
Company (99%)
(Limited Partner)

Showboat Marina Casino
Partnership
dba
Harrah's East Chicago
 
Showboat Marina
Partnership (General Partner)
Showboat Marina
Investment Partnership
(General Partner)
 
99
  
 
1
%


%
99
 
 
1
%


%
 

Showboat Marina
Investment Partnership
 
Showboat Indiana
Investment Limited Partnership
(General Partner)
 
55
%
55
%
Waterfront Entertainment & Development Inc.
(45%)
(General Partner)

Showboat Marina
Partnership
 
Showboat Indiana
Investment Limited Partnership
(General Partner)
 
55
%
55
%
Waterfront Entertainment & Development Inc.
(45%)
(General Partner)

Showboat Land Holding
Limited Partnership
 
Showboat Land Company
(General Partner)
 
1
%
1
%
Showboat Operating Company (99%)
(Limited Partner)
                 

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Metropolis, IL 1292 LP
 
Southern Illinois Riverboat/
Casino Cruises, Inc.
(Special Limited Partner)
 
12.5
%
 
 
API/Metropolis IL, Inc. (General Partner)
Misc. Widows & Orphans (Limited Partner)

Gala Regional Developments
 
Harrah's Activity Limited
 
50
%
50
%
Gala Joint Activities Limited (50%)

Horseshoe Entertainment
 
New Gaming Capital Partnership
(General Partner)
 
89
%
89
%
 

 
 
New Gaming Capital Partnership
(Limited Partner)
 
2.92
%
2.92
%
 

 
 
Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. (Limited Partner)
 
8.08
%
8.08
%
 

New Gaming Capital Partnership
 
Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp.
(Limited Partner)
 
99
%
99
%
 

 
 
Horseshoe GP, Inc.
(General Partner)
 
1
%
1
%
 

Robinson Property Group, Limited Partnership
 
Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. (Limited Partner)
 
99
%
99
%
 

 
 
Horseshoe GP, Inc.
 
1
%
1
%
 

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