Exhibit 2
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                             Joint Filing Agreement
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     In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, each of the persons named below agreed to the joint filing on behalf
of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto)
with respect to the class A common stock, par value $.01 per share, of Colony
RIH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and further agrees that this Joint
Filing Agreement be included as an exhibit to such filings provided that, as
contemplated by Section 13d-1(k)(1)(ii), no person shall be responsible for the
completeness or accuracy of the information concerning the other persons making
the filing, unless such person knows or has reason to believe that such
information is inaccurate. This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.


Date: February 1, 2002                   COLONY RIH VOTECO, LLC

                                         By:    /s/ Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
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                                         Name:  Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
                                         Title: Member


                                         /s/ Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.
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                                         Thomas J. Barrack, Jr.