Item  8.01 Other Events.

On October 22, 2009, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (the “Registrant”) entered into purchase and sale agreements with certain lenders to acquire mezzanine loans (“CMBS Loans”) under its commercial mortgaged-back securities (“CMBS”) financing. The Registrant will purchase CMBS Loans using up to an aggregate amount of $250 million of cash, at a purchase price of between 25 and 30 cents per $1.00 principal amount of CMBS Loans, depending on certain circumstances. Any CMBS Loan purchased by the Registrant in such purchases will be cancelled.

SIGNATURES

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: October 29, 2009     By:   /s/ MICHAEL D. COHEN
       

Michael D. Cohen

Vice President, Associate General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary