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Tim Lambert named general counsel of Ceasars Entertainment Operating Company<\/span><\/h1>\n

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July 30, 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Caesars Entertainment Operating Company Announces Additional Steps to Position Company for Deleveraging and Public Listing<\/h1>\n

John Payne Named CEO; CFO and General Counsel Appointed<\/h2>\n

\u00a0 LAS VEGAS,\u00a0July 30, 2014\u00a0\/PRNewswire\/ —\u00a0Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. (“CEOC” or “the Company”) today announced additional steps intended to position CEOC for a stock listing and significant deleveraging including the appointment of\u00a0John Payne\u00a0as Chief Executive Officer,Mary Elizabeth Higgins\u00a0as Chief Financial Officer and\u00a0Tim Lambert\u00a0as\u00a0General Counsel\u00a0of CEOC. The appointment of Payne, Higgins and Lambert follows the addition of two independent directors to the CEOC board in June. The appointments are subject to the receipt of regulatory approval.<\/p>\n

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The appointment of an executive leadership team and the addition earlier this month of independent directors are key steps in CEOC’s comprehensive plan to reduce leverage. These actions follow the completion of the previously announced\u00a0$1.75 billion\u00a0first lien debt offering and associated redemption of existing 2015 maturities as well as a paydown of\u00a0$800 million\u00a0of bank facilities maturing in 2016; the sale by\u00a0Caesars Entertainment\u00a0of 5% of CEOC’s equity to institutional investors; the closing of the previously announced asset sales; and the amendment of CEOC’s credit facility.<\/p>\n

“We are focused on deleveraging and creating value at CEOC and today’s announcement supports those goals,” said\u00a0Gary Loveman, Chairman and CEO of\u00a0Caesars Entertainment. “John possesses a deep understanding of our regional markets and has strongly contributed to the growth and development of the Caesars-branded network over the years. I have complete confidence in John’s ability to create value at CEOC.”<\/p>\n

Payne joined\u00a0Caesars Entertainment\u00a0nearly 19 years ago as a President’s Associate. Most recently, he served as President, Central Markets &Partnership Development\u00a0for\u00a0Caesars Entertainment. Prior to this role, Payne was President of Enterprise Shared Services from\u00a0July 2011\u00a0to\u00a0May 2013. Previously, he was Central Division President. Payne has held general manager roles of several properties, including Harrah’s\u00a0New Orleans.<\/p>\n

“The regional properties within CEOC are an important part of the Caesars-branded properties’ business model, which allows regional customers the ability to accumulate Total Rewards credit and redeem it across a vast network of affiliated properties, including destination markets such as\u00a0Las Vegas\u00a0and\u00a0New Orleans,” Payne said. “Despite difficult conditions in some regional markets, I believe there are exciting opportunities to enhance value and capitalize on a number of exciting developments across the industry.<\/p>\n

Higgins will report to Payne and be responsible for executive management and oversight of CEOC’s financial operations.<\/p>\n

Higgins joins CEOC from\u00a0Global Cash Access Inc., where she served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President from\u00a0September 2010\u00a0toMarch 2014\u00a0and was responsible for all facets of financial management. Prior to this, Higgins held the CFO role at\u00a0Herbst Gaming Inc.\u00a0and\u00a0Camco Inc., successively. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the\u00a0University of Southern California\u00a0and an MBA in finance from\u00a0Memphis State University.<\/p>\n

Lambert joined a predecessor to Caesars,\u00a0Empress Entertainment, in 1995. He was most recently Vice President and Chief Counsel Regional Operations, Regulatory & Compliance for\u00a0Caesars Entertainment. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from\u00a0Illinois Wesleyan University\u00a0and received his law degree from the\u00a0University of Illinois College of Law.<\/p>\n

CEOC Board<\/p>\n

CEOC announced on\u00a0June 27\u00a0that\u00a0Ronen Stauber\u00a0and\u00a0Steven Winograd\u00a0have joined CEOC’s board as independent directors.<\/p>\n

Stauber leads the day-to-day activities of\u00a0Jenro Capital, which provides transaction and consulting services to corporations, private equity firms and family investment offices. He was previously president and CEO of\u00a0Cendant Corporation’s\u00a0Consumer Travel, International Markets business unit as well as led Cendant’s strategic development efforts. He was also Chief Operating Officer of\u00a0Gullivers Travel Associates.<\/p>\n

Winograd is a managing director in the financial sponsors group of the Investment & Corporate Banking division of\u00a0BMO Capital Markets, where he is responsible for managing relationships with a number of large-cap and mid-cap private equity clients and their portfolio companies. \u00a0CEOC’s board is now comprised of seven directors.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0Caesars Entertainment Operating Company Inc.
\n<\/b>Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc.\u00a0(“CEOC”), a majority owned subsidiary of\u00a0Caesars Entertainment Corporation\u00a0(NASDAQ: CZR), [provides casino entertainment services and owns, operates or manages] 44 gaming and resort properties in 13 states of\u00a0the United States\u00a0and in five countries primarily under the Caesars, Harrah’s and Horseshoe brand names. CEOC is focused on building customer loyalty through providing its guests with a combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership as well as all the advantages of the Total Rewards program. CEOC also is committed to environmental sustainability and energy conservation, and recognizes the importance of being a responsible steward of the environment.<\/p>\n

Forward-Looking Statements
\n<\/b>This release contains or may contain “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. CEOC has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations about future events. Further, statements that include words such as “may,” “will,” “project,” “might,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “estimate,” “continue,” “present,” “preserve,” or “pursue,” or the negative of these words or other words or expressions of similar meaning may identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are found at various places throughout this release. These forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those relating to future actions, new projects, strategies, future performance, the outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings, listing of CEOC’s common stock and future financial results, wherever they occur in this release, are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of CEOC’s management and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements.<\/p>\n

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in the forward-looking statements include without limitation:<\/p>\n