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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001200737-04-000003.txt : 20040109
<SEC-HEADER>0001200737-04-000003.hdr.sgml : 20040109
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040109171921
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001200737-04-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031126
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040109

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HORN RALPH
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001196842

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10410
		FILM NUMBER:		04518978

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4385 POPLAR AVE
		STREET 2:		2ND FL
		CITY:			MEMPHIS
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			38117

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000858339
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990]
		IRS NUMBER:				621411755
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE HARRAHS COURT
		CITY:			LAS VEGAS
		STATE:			NV
		ZIP:			89119
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7024076000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE HARRAHS COURT
		CITY:			LAS VEGAS
		STATE:			NV
		ZIP:			89119

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PROMUS COMPANIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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    <documentType>4</documentType>
    <periodOfReport>2003-11-26</periodOfReport>
    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000858339</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HET</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001196842</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HORN RALPH</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4385 POPLAR AVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>2ND FL</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MEMPHIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>38117</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>
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    <nonDerivativeHolding>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>20100.00</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>D</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </nonDerivativeHolding>
   <nonDerivativeTransaction>
      <securityTitle>
          <value>Common Stock</value>
      </securityTitle>
      <transactionDate>
          <value>2003-11-26</value>
      </transactionDate>
      <deemedExecutionDate>
          <value>2003-11-26</value>
      </deemedExecutionDate>
      <transactionCoding>
          <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
          <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
          <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
              <footnoteId id="F1" />
      </transactionCoding>
      <transactionTimeliness>
      <value />
      </transactionTimeliness>
      <transactionAmounts>
          <transactionShares>
              <value>102.20</value>
          </transactionShares>
          <transactionPricePerShare>
              <value>48.14</value>
          </transactionPricePerShare>
          <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
              <value>A</value>
          </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
      </transactionAmounts>
      <postTransactionAmounts>
          <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
              <value>16868.83</value>
          </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
      </postTransactionAmounts>
      <ownershipNature>
          <directOrIndirectOwnership>
              <value>I</value>
          </directOrIndirectOwnership>
          <natureOfOwnership>
              <value>Directors Stock Plan</value>
          </natureOfOwnership>
      </ownershipNature>
   </nonDerivativeTransaction>
  </nonDerivativeTable>
  <derivativeTable>
  </derivativeTable>
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   <footnote id="F1">On November 4, 2003, the Issuer declared a cash dividend of $0.30 per share, payable to all holders of record at the close of business on November 12, 2003.  Pursuant to the 1996 Non-Management Directors Stock Incentive Plan, the plan administrator reinvested the dividend paid on shares held in the plan through an open market purchase, with the value of shares so purchased credited proportionately to each participant in the Plan.</footnote>
</footnotes>
<remarks></remarks>    <ownerSignature>
       <signatureName>Ralph Horn, by Angela P. Winter, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
       <signatureDate>2004-01-09</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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