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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-04-13</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000789570</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MGM MIRAGE</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MGM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001489540</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FREEMAN JAMES ARMIN</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3950 LAS VEGAS BLVD., S.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAS VEGAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NV</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>89119</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>SVP Capital Markets &amp; Strategy</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Appreciation Rights</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>13.17</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2011-04-05</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2017-04-05</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock $.01 Par Value ND</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>100000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) granted under MGM MIRAGE (the &quot;Company&quot;) Amended and Restated 2005 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;).  The SARs will vest in four equal annual installments beginning on April 5, 2011.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Troy McHenry, Attorney-In-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-04-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
