Harrah's Announces Schedule For 2006-07 World Series of Poker Circuit

Harrah's Announces Schedule For 2006-07 World Series of Poker Circuit Thursday July 6, 7:30 pm ET Events Now Linked With WSOP Main Event LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 6, 2006--Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET - News) said the third season of the popular World Series of Poker Circuit will include 11 tournament stops that will bring high stakes poker action and excitement to players at nine Harrah's-operated casinos around the country.

"For the first time, our Circuit events are tied to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas," said Jeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of the WSOP. "If you win the $5,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em Circuit championship at one of our properties, you're headed to Las Vegas to play in our Main Event." The 2006-07 World Series of Poker Circuit begins September 7 at Harrah's Lake Tahoe and includes events at Harrah's casinos in venues such as Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Orleans, and Tunica, Mississippi. Each World Series of Poker Circuit stop will offer several tournaments with buy-ins ranging from a few hundred dollars to $5,000 for the No Limit Texas Holdem Circuit Championship (compare the best online poker tournament sites). 

The winner of each Circuit $5,000 buy-in finale will receive cash as well as a seat in the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em World Championship at the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. 

Information on individual Circuit events can be found at www.worldseriesofpoker.com. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment through operating subsidiaries. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada 68 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions. Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.