CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY/(DEFICIT) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Total	Common Stock	Treasury Stock	Additional Paid-in-Capital	Accumulated Deficit	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)	Total Caesars Stockholders' Equity	Noncontrolling Interest	Caesars Entertainment Operating Company [Member]	Caesars Entertainment Operating Company [Member] Noncontrolling Interest
Beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2012		$ (333)	$ 1	$ (16)	$ 6,954	$ (7,373)	$ 21	$ (413)	$ 80
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Net income/(loss) attributable to Caesars		(2,948)	0	0	0	(2,948)	0	(2,948)
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		(8)							8
Net income/(loss)		(2,940)
Share-based compensation		40	0	0	40	0	0	40	0
Common stock issuances (1)	[1]	216	0	0	216	0	0	216	0
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Other		(9)	0	0	(9)	0	0	(9)	0
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes		(38)	0	0	0	0	(38)	(38)	0
Allocation of minority interest resulting from sales and conveyances of subsidiary stock (2)		1,175	0	0	25	0	0	25	1,150
Other		(15)	0	0	5	0	0	5	(20)
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2013		$ (1,904)	1	(16)	7,231	(10,321)	(17)	(3,122)	1,218
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues		11,000,000
Net income/(loss) attributable to Caesars		$ (2,783)	0	0	0	(2,783)	0	(2,783)
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		83							(83)
Net income/(loss)		(2,866)
Share-based compensation		29	0	(3)	32	0	0	29	0
Common stock issuances (1)	[1]	136	0	0	136	0	0	136	0
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes		(2)	0	0	0	0	(2)	(2)	0
Allocation of minority interest resulting from sales and conveyances of subsidiary stock (2)	[2]	14	0	0	754	0	4	758	(744)
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders	[3]	(160)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(160)
Other		11	0	0	(13)	0	0	(13)	24
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2014		$ (4,742)	1	(19)	8,140	(13,104)	(15)	(4,997)	255
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues		7,000,000
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction										68,100
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services										86,936
Other Noncontrolling Interests											$ 869
Other Noncontrolling Interest Allocation From Sale Of Stock											744
Net income/(loss) attributable to Caesars		$ 5,920	0	0	0	5,920	0	5,920
Net income/(loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests		(132)							132
Net income/(loss)		6,052
Share-based compensation		48	0	(2)	50	0	0	48	0
Other comprehensive loss, net of income taxes		0
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Deconsolidation	[4]	870	0	0	0	0	16	16	854
Noncontrolling Interest, Decrease from Distributions to Noncontrolling Interest Holders		(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	(10)		$ (160)
Other		15	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
Ending balance at Dec. 31, 2015		$ 2,233	$ 1	$ (21)	$ 8,190	$ (7,184)	$ 1	$ 987	$ 1,246

[1] We issued and sold 7 million shares in 2014 and 11 million shares in 2013.

[2] In 2014, we sold 68,100 of CEC’s shares of CEOC’s common stock to qualified institutional buyers and CEOC granted 86,936 shares of its common stock to employees. We allocated $869 million of accumulated stockholders’ deficit to the noncontrolling interests’ ownership in CEOC based upon the noncontrolling interests’ ownership share as of December 31, 2014, which included $744 million for the allocation of minority interest resulting from sales and conveyances of CEOC stock.

[3] See Note 2.

[4] See Note 3.