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HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
TELEPHONE VOTING SCRIPT
Speech 1 Welcome to Harrah's Entertainment Inc. telephone voting system.
Please enter your control number, followed by the pound key, now.
Speech 2 To vote your proxy in accordance with the Board of Directors'
recommendations, as indicated on your proxy card and in the proxy
statement, please press 1. To vote on each issue separately,
press 2.
Speech 2A If you plan to attend the annual meeting press 1. Otherwise press
0. If you have an additional Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. proxy
you would like to vote, press 1. To terminate this call, press 2,
or simply hang up.
Speech 3 You will now vote for the directors. To vote for all nominees,
press 1. To withhold authority to vote for all nominees, press 2.
To withhold authority to vote for an individual nominee, press 3.
Speech 3A Please consider nominee Joe M. Henson. To vote for this nominee,
press 1. To withhold your vote, press 2.
Speech 3B Please consider nominee R. Brad Martin. To vote for this nominee,
press 1. To withhold your vote, press 2.
Speech 3C Please consider nominee Colin V. Reed. To vote for this nominee,
press 1. To withhold your vote, press 2.
Speech 3D Please consider nominee Eddie N. Williams. To vote for this
nominee, press 1. To withhold your vote, press 2.
Speech 4 Proposal 2. Approve the adoption of the Company's Senior Executive
Incentive Plan. To vote for, press 1. To vote against, press 2. To
abstain, press 3.
Speech 5 Proposal 3. Approval of amendment to the Company's 1990 Stock
Option Plan. To vote for, press 1. To vote against, press 2. To
abstain, press 3.
Speech 6 Proposal 4. Ratification of the appointment of Arthur Andersen LLP
as independent public accountants for the Company for the 2000
calendar year. To vote for, press 1. To vote against, press 2. To
abstain, press 3.
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Speech 7 If you plan to attend the annual meeting press 1. Otherwise press
0.
Speech 8 If you have an additional Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. proxy you
would like to vote, press 1. To terminate this call, press 2, or
simply hang up.
