Exhibit 5.1
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| File No. 058711-0011 | | | | |
| Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-239175) |
| 35,650,000 shares | of Common Stock, $0.00001 par value per share |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Caesars Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale of 35,650,000 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock of the Company, $0.00001 par value per share (“Common Stock”), by the Company. The Shares are included in a registration statement on Form S–3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 15, 2020 (Registration No. 333-239175) (the “Registration Statement”), and are being offered pursuant to a base prospectus dated June 15, 2020 (the “Base Prospectus”), a preliminary prospectus supplement dated September 28, 2020 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”) and a prospectus supplement dated September 29, 2020 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”). The Shares are being sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated September 29, 2020 between the Company and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriting Agreement”).
This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.