REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 10.2

REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 27, 2013, among Caesars Entertainment Corporation (formerly known as Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. (formerly known as Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), each other subsidiary of the Borrower identified on the signature pages hereto (each, a “Subsidiary Party” and the Subsidiary Parties, Holdings and the Borrower, the “Reaffirming Parties”) and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Amended Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

WHEREAS, Holdings, the Borrower, the Required Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto and the Administrative Agent have entered into the Amendment, dated as of February 6, 2013 (the “Amendment”), to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2012 (the “Existing Credit Agreement” and, as amended after giving effect to the Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the lenders party thereto from time to time and the other parties and agents party thereto;

WHEREAS, each of the Reaffirming Parties is party to one or more of the Security Documents (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement);

WHEREAS, each Reaffirming Party expects to realize, or has realized, substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the Amendment becoming effective and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (including the establishment of additional Extended Maturity Revolving Facility Commitments pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Amendment on the date hereof); and

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition precedent to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Reaffirmation/Amendment

Section 1.01 Reaffirmation. (a) Each of the Reaffirming Parties (i) hereby consents to the Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) hereby confirms its guarantees (in the case of Holdings) and its pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements (in the case of all Reaffirming Parties), as applicable, under each of the Security Documents to which it is party and (iii) agrees that notwithstanding the effectiveness of the Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, such guarantees, pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements shall continue to be in full force and

effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Lenders under the Amended Credit Agreement. Each of the Reaffirming Parties further agrees to take any action that may be required or that is reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure compliance by Holdings and the Borrower with Section 5.10 of the Amended Credit Agreement, hereby reaffirms its obligations under each similar provision of each Security Document to which it is party and further agrees that notwithstanding the effectiveness of the Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, such obligations shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Lenders under the Amended Credit Agreement.

(b) Each of the Reaffirming Parties party to each of the Security Documents securing the Obligations of the Borrower hereby confirms and agrees that the Revolving Facility Loans under the Extended Maturity Revolving Facility Commitments constitute Loan Document Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement).

Section 1.02 Confirmation. On and after the effectiveness of the Amendment, the parties confirm and acknowledge that (i) each reference in each Security Document to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import shall be a reference to the Amended Credit Agreement, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time and (ii) the definition of any term defined in any Security Document by reference to the terms defined in the “Credit Agreement” shall reference the defined terms in the Amended Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time.

ARTICLE II

Representations and Warranties

Each Reaffirming Party hereby represents and warrants, which representations and warranties shall survive execution and delivery of this Agreement, as follows:

Section 2.01 Organization. Such Reaffirming Party is duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation.

Section 2.02 Authority; Enforceability. Such Reaffirming Party has the power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of this Agreement and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement. Such Reaffirming Party has duly executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

Section 2.03 Security Documents. The representations and warranties of such Reaffirming Party contained in each Security Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of such earlier date).

ARTICLE III

Miscellaneous

Section 3.01 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be made at the addresses, in the manner and with the effect provided in Section 9.01 of the Amended Credit Agreement, provided that, for this purpose, the address of each Reaffirming Party shall be the one specified for the Borrower under the Amended Credit Agreement.

Section 3.02 Security Document. This Agreement is a Security Document executed pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.

Section 3.03 Section Captions. Section captions used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

Section 3.04 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 3.05 Amendment. This Agreement may be waived, modified or amended only by a written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto.

Section 3.06 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts by the parties hereto (including by telecopy or via electronic mail), each of which counterparts when so executed shall be an original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 3.07 Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial. (A) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(B) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 9.11 OF THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT AS IF SUCH SECTION WERE SET FORTH IN FULL HEREIN.

Section 3.08 Gaming Laws. Each party hereto agrees as set forth in Sections 7.19, 7.20, 7.21 and 7.24 of the Collateral Agreement as if such sections were set forth in full herein.

Section 3.09 No Novation. Neither this Agreement nor the execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Amendment shall extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or any Security Documents or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Security Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding

under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Security Documents or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith. Nothing implied in this Agreement, the Amendment or in any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Party under any Security Document from any of its obligations and liabilities as “Holdings”, the “Borrower”, a “Subsidiary Loan Party”, a “Pledgor” or a “Guarantor” under the Existing Credit Agreement or the Security Documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.


Caesars Entertainment Corporation

By:		/S/ ERIC HESSION
Name:		Eric Hession
Title:		Senior Vice President and Treasurer

Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc.

By:		/S/ ERIC HESSION
Name:		Eric Hession
Title:		Senior Vice President and Treasurer