EX-10.2
 
                                Amendment to
                        Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. 
                         1990 Restricted Stock Plan
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    Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (the "Company") hereby adopts this Amendment 
to the 1990 Restricted Stock Plan (the "Plan"), subject to stockholder 
approval of this Amendment which approval is expected to occur on May 1, 1998.
 
    1.    The last sentence of Section 3 of the Plan is amended by changing 
          the period at the end of the sentence to a comma and adding the 
          following language after such comma: "and effective May 1, 1998, 
          the number of shares which may be issued under the Plan is 
          increased by an additional 3,100,000 shares."

    2.    Section 13 of the Plan is amended to read as follows: 

          "The Plan shall remain in effect until all shares awarded under the 
          Plan are free of restrictions imposed by the Plan and by Agreements 
          or Participation Certificates, but no award shall be made after 
          February 25, 2008."
 
    This Amendment was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company 
on February 26, 1998. 


                                               /s/ Rebecca W. Ballou
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                                               Rebecca W. Ballou
                                               SECRETARY
 

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