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): July 27, 2001 (July 26, 2001)


                          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 July 26, 2001, 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 July 26, 2001,
                                    of the Registrant.


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                                    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: July 27, 2001                       By:  /s/ Brad L. Kerby
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                                               Name:  Brad L. Kerby
                                               Title: Vice President, Corporate
                                                      Counsel, and Secretary


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