Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  ROWAN MARC J
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/28/2008		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT INC [N/A]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O APOLLO MANAGEMENT, L.P., 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10019		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Voting Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 10
I
See Footnotes (1) (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
ROWAN MARC J
C/O APOLLO MANAGEMENT, L.P.
9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10019		   X      

Signatures

/s/ Marc J. Rowan 02/07/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Mr. Rowan is one of six members of Hamlet Holdings LLC ("Holdings"), which holds all of the outstanding shares of the Voting Common Stock, par value $0.01, of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (the "Issuer").
(2) Mr. Rowan is a principal officer and director of Apollo Management GP, LLC, the general partner of Apollo Management, L.P., which is sole member and manager of AIF VI Management, LLC, the general partner of Apollo Management VI, L.P., which is manager or co-manager of each of Apollo Hamlet Holdings, LLC ("Apollo Hamlet"), Apollo Hamlet Holdings B, LLC ("Apollo Hamlet B"), Co-Invest Hamlet Holdings, Series LLC ("Co-Invest Series") and Co-Invest Hamlet Holdings B, LLC ("Co-Invest B"). Apollo Management VI, L.P. is co-manager of Co-Invest Series and Co-Invest B, and manager of Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P., the sole member of Apollo Hamlet B. Mr. Rowan is also one of the managers of Apollo Hamlet B and Apollo Hamlet. Apollo Hamlet, Apollo Hamlet B, Co-Invest Series and Co-Invest B each hold shares of Non-Voting Common Stock, par value $0.01, and Non-Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01, of the Issuer.
(3) This report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Rowan is the beneficial owner of any securities of the Issuer that may be deemed beneficially owned by Apollo Hamlet, Apollo Hamlet B, Co-Invest Series, Co-Invest B, Apollo Management VI, L.P., AIF VI Management, LLC, Apollo Management, L.P., Apollo Management GP, LLC, or Holdings, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose, and Mr. Rowan disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
 
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