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                       HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
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                           EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATION
                                           
                                           
                              PROXY INFORMATION

                              
Normally stockholders of Harrah's Entertainment receive one proxy for their
annual meeting voting.  This year, some stockholders could receive as many as
four.  First, a proxy is included with annual report mailings.  Second, the
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union has undertaken a
proxy solicitation attempting to amend Harrah's bylaws to require the Company to
redeem the rights issued under its "Stockholder Rights Plan" and not to adopt or
maintain such a plan without majority stockholder approval.  It is possible that
as a stockholder you will receive a blue proxy card from the Union asking for a
vote to rescind the Stockholder Rights Plan.

Because the Harrah's Entertainment Board of Directors opposes the Union
proposal, a third proxy card is being mailed by the Company asking stockholders
to vote against the Union proposal.  Additionally, the trustees of the S&RP are
mailing a separate (fourth) proxy card (along with solicitation materials from
the Company and the Union) to participants in the ESOP and Company Stock Fund
so that plan participants can instruct the trustees how to vote shares allocated
to their ESOP and Company Stock Funds accounts on the Union proposal.  These two
proxy cards are white with a red stripe.

You may vote any or all of the cards although, of course, you only get one vote
per share.  If your vote on one card is inconsistent with your vote on another
card, the latest dated card will be the one used.  And you should also note that
your votes that pertain to Company Stock Fund shares will only be counted on the
Union proposal.