Exhibit 5

                           WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
                                767 FIFTH AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NY 10153-0119
                                 (212) 310-8000
                              FAX: (212) 310-8007




                                December 7, 2005



Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.
1000 Boardwalk at Virginia Avenue
Atlantic City, New Jersey  08401

Ladies and Gentlemen:

           We have acted as counsel to Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("TER"), in connection with the preparation and filing of
TER's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Registration Statement"), relating to the issuance of not more
than 4,000,000 shares of TER's common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
"Common Stock"), pursuant to awards granted and to be granted under the Trump
Entertainment Resorts, Inc. 2005 Incentive Award Plan (the "Plan").

           In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of the Registration Statement and the
Plan pursuant to which shares of the Common Stock will be issued and such
corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such
certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and
representatives of TER, and have made such inquiries of such officers and
representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the
opinion hereinafter set forth.

           In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of
documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the
authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of
fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we
have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and
representatives of TER.

           Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated
herein, we are of the opinion that the 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock being
registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement have been duly
authorized and, when issued and delivered upon receipt by TER of consideration
constituting lawful consideration under Delaware law in accordance with the
Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

           We hereby consent to the use of this letter as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the reoffer
prospectus which is part of the Registration Statement.



                                              Very truly yours,

                                              /s/ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP