The Harrah's Casino is a gaming corporation that owns many brands of casinos, resorts, hotels, as well as golf courses. The Harrah's casino parent company is based in Las Vegas, Nevada and has an annual revenue of over seven billion dollars. The Harrah's Casino corporation has most recently been bought by Apollo Management and the Texas Pacific Group for a price of 17 billion dollars – if the deal follows to completion.

The Humble Beginnings Of Harrah's Casino

Though now a billion dollar, publicly traded corporation Harrah's came from humble beginnings, starting as a bingo parlor in Reno, Nevada operated by the company founder William F. Harrah. The company opened on October 30, 1937 and finally went public in 1971 with 450,000 shares. One year later, the company was listed on the American Stock Exchange and soon became the first casino company to ever be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Harrah's casino owns several brands in the gambling and entertainment industry. Harrah's casino owns Bally's Atlantic City and Bally's Las Vegas, Caesars Atlantic City, Caesars Indiana, Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Grand Casino Biloxi, Grand Casino Tunica, the Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corporation, Horseshoe Bossier City, Horseshoe Council Bluffs, Horseshoe Hammond and Horseshoe Casino Tunica. Harrahs Hotel And Casino also owns smaller casinos such as Bill's Casino Lake Tahoe, Imperial Palace and Flamingo Las Vegas. Last but certainly not least, Harrah's Casinos owns all of the trademarked Harrah's locations with locations in Harrah's Casino Illinois, Harrah's Casino Las Vegas, Harrah's Cherokee Casino, Harrah's Casino New Orleans, Harrah's Casino Chester, Harrah's Chester Casino, Harrah's Prairie Band Casino, Harrah's Casino Kansas City, and Harrah's Rincon Casino.

The Harrah's Hotel Casino

The Harrah's online casino website allows guests to make reservations, find a nearby location, compare prices and details between different casinos, and preview a whole season of live entertainment shows. You can also find vacation packages offered at a discounted price. For example, the Vintage Vegas Package allows $50 for in dining and a 2 for 1 admission price to the Bally's Spa, with 2 for 1 tickets to a live show. Dates vary but the savings are worth planning for. Where can you find non-objective but personal experiences with Harrah's casinos? Harrah's casino forums, along with other on line forums can be found from such casino websites as gamblingplanet.org and gonegambling.com.

The Harrah's Casino is a contemporary legend in business and marketing. From humble beginnings an empire and a billion dollar business emerged.