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


                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                               (Amendment No. 3*)

                          Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
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                                     Common
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   413619 10 7
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this  statement . |_| (A fee
is not required only if the filing  person (1) has a previous  statement on file
reporting  beneficial  ownership  of more  than  five  percent  of the  class of
securities  described  in Item 1;  and (2) has  filed  no  amendment  subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7).

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any  subsequent  amendment  containing  information  which  would  alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).


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CUSIP No. 413619 10 7               13G                Page   2      of      7
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  1    Name of Reporting Person
       S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Person
       Trustees of the Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan
       62-1412645
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  2    Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group           (a)  |_|  N/A

                                                                  (b)  |_|  N/A

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  3    SEC Use Only



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  4    Citizenship or Place of Organization

       Trust organized under the laws of Tennessee

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                              5      Sole Voting Power
     Number Of
                                     6,824,258      See Exhibit A
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      Shares                  6      Shared Voting Power
   Beneficially
     Owned By                                     0      See Exhibit A
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       Each                   7      Sole Dispositive Power
     Reporting
      Person                                      0      See Exhibit A
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       With                   8      Shared Dispositive Power

                                                  0      See Exhibit A
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   9   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

       6,824,258 shares
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  10   Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row 9 Excludes Certain Shares*


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  11   Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row 9

       6.6%
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  12   Type of Reporting Person*

       EP
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!




                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  Schedule 13G
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Item 1(a)      Name of Issuer

               Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

Item 1(b)      Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices

               1023 Cherry Road
               Memphis, TN  38117

Item 2(a)      Name of Person Filing

               Trustees of the Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
               Savings and Retirement Plan

Item 2(b)      Address of Principal Business Office or Residence

               1023 Cherry Road
               Memphis, TN  38117

Item 2(c)      Citizenship

               Trust organized under the laws of Tennessee

Item 2(d)      Title of Class of Securities

               Common

Item 2(3)      CUSIP Number

               413619 10 7




                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  Schedule 13G
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Item 3  If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b), check
        whether the person filing is a

        (a) ( ) Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act
        (b) ( ) Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act
        (c) ( ) Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19)  of the Act
        (d) ( ) Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the 
                    Investment Company Act
        (e) ( ) Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the
                Investment Advisers Act of 1940
        (f) (X) Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the
                provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
                1974 or Endowment Fund; seess.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)
        (g) ( ) Parent Holding Company, in accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)
                (Note:  See Item 7)
        (h) ( ) Group, in accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(H)


Item 4  Ownership

        (a)  Amount Beneficially Owned

             6,824,258 shares

        (b)  Percent of Class

             6.6%

        (c)  Number of shares as to which such person has

             (i)    sole power to vote or to direct the vote:    6,824,258
             (ii)   shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
             (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  0
             (iv)   shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:  0

           See Exhibit A.

Item 5  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

           If this  statement  is being  filed to report the fact that as of the
date hereof the reporting  person has ceased to be the beneficial  owner of more
than five percent of the securities, check the following ( ).




                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  Schedule 13G
                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934




Item 6  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

                                  See Exhibit A

Item 7  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the
        Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company

                                 Not Applicable

Item 8  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

                                 Not Applicable

Item 9  Notice of Dissolution of Group

                                 Not Applicable

Item 10 Certification

        By signing  below I certify  that, to the best of my knowledge and
        belief, the securities  referred to above were acquired in the ordinary
        course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not
        have  the  effect  of  changing  or influencing the control of the 
        issuer of such  securities and were not acquired in connection  with or 
        as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effects.

        After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
        certify  that the  information  set  forth in this statement is true, 
        complete and correct.


February 6, 1997
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Date

/s/ Neil F. Barnhart
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Signature

Neil F. Barnhart, Authorized Trustee
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Name/Title




                                                                Exhibit A


ITEM 4 - OWNERSHIP
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     The participants in the Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Savings and Retirement
Plan have the right to direct the  disposition of the  securities  held in their
accounts by changing  their  investment  elections and  withdrawing or borrowing
funds from their accounts  pursuant to the terms of the Plan. No one participant
has such rights with respect to more than 5% of the security class.

     The trustees of the Plan have sole voting rights for the securities held by
the Plan,  except that each participant in the Plan has the right, to the extent
of shares  of  Company  common  stock  allocated  to his or her  account  in the
Harrah's  Entertainment  Stock Fund of the Plan  (including  vested and unvested
amounts),  to  direct  the  trustees  in  writing  as to  how  to  respond  to a
solicitation of proxies opposed by management of the Company.

     The trustees of the Plan are Neil F. Barnhart,  Laurance B. Lacaff, Charles
A. Ledsinger, Jr., Hector H. Mon, Ben C. Peternell, Michael N. Regan and Timothy
J. Wilmott.




                          HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
                           SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN
                            CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
                           ---------------------------


     I, Vincent G. De Young,  the duly  authorized  and acting  Secretary of the
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan (the "Plan"), do hereby
certify that the  following  resolution  was duly adopted by the Trustees of the
Plan on February 4th, 1994 and that said  resolution is in full force and effect
as of the date hereof:

     RESOLVED,  that Neil F. Barnhart,  Michael N. Regan,  Charles A. Ledsinger,
     Jr. or Ben C. Peternell be, and each such trustee hereby is,  authorized to
     execute,  on behalf of the Plan and on behalf of the  trustees of the Plan,
     any document,  report,  statement or schedule that is required to be filed,
     or  that  any  such  trustee  deems  appropriate  to  be  filed,  with  any
     governmental agency including, without limitation, documents filed with the
     Securities and Exchange  Commission  including Schedule 13G's and other SEC
     documents, the Department of Labor, and the Internal Revenue Service.

     WITNESS MY SIGNATURE this 6th day of February, 1997.


                                          /s/ Vincent G. De Young
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                                          Vincent G. De Young, Secretary
                                          Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
                                          Savings and Retirement Plan