Contractual Commitments	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]	Contractual Commitments and Contingent Liabilities Contractual Commitments Except as described below and in Note 1 and Note 9, during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we have not entered into any material contractual commitments outside of the ordinary course of business that have materially changed our contractual commitments as compared to December 31, 2016. NV Energy In September 2017, we filed our final notice to proceed with our plan to exit the fully bundled sales system of NV Energy for our Nevada casino properties and purchase energy, capacity, and/or ancillary services from a provider other than NV Energy. The transition to unbundle electric service (the “Cease-Use Date”) is expected to begin in December 2017 and should extend through the first quarter of 2018. As a result of our decision to exit, NV Energy charged aggregate impact exit fees of $48 million, of which $33 million related to CGPH and CERP properties and $15 million related to New CEOC’s properties. These fees are payable over three to six years at an aggregate present value of $38 million. The portion attributable to CGPH and CERP was recorded at $26 million in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and deferred credits and other liabilities on the Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017, with a corresponding expense recognized in other operating costs in the Statements of Operations. For six years following the transition, we are also required to make ongoing payments to NV Energy for non-bypassable rate charges, which primarily relate to each entity’s share of NV Energy’s portfolio of renewable energy contracts and the costs of decommissioning and remediation of coal-fired power plants. Total fees to be incurred, including the portion attributable to New CEOC, are expected to be $32 million, with an estimated present value of $26 million. The portion of fees attributable to CGPH and CERP properties is estimated to be $24 million, with an estimated present value of $19 million. We expect to record a liability at the Cease-Use Date representing an estimate of the present value of the non-bypassable rate charges on the effective date of the transition. Contingent Liabilities Self-Insurance We are self-insured for workers compensation and other risk insurance, as well as health insurance effective in the first quarter of 2017 when the liability related to certain health insurance contracts was transferred from CEOC to CES. Our total estimated self-insurance liability was $193 million and $179 million as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. Deferred Compensation and Employee Benefits Deferred Compensation Plans As of September 30, 2017, certain current and former employees of Caesars, and our subsidiaries and affiliates, have balances under the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan (“ESSP”), the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan II (“ESSP II”), the Park Place Entertainment Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (“CEDCP”), the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (“DCP”), and the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (“EDCP”). These plans are deferred compensation plans that allow certain employees an opportunity to save for retirement and other purposes. Each of the plans is now frozen and is no longer accepting contributions. However, participants may still earn returns on existing plan balances based upon their selected investment alternatives, which are reflected in their deferral accounts. Plan obligations in respect of all of these plans were included in Caesars’ financial statements as liabilities prior to the deconsolidation of CEOC. Caesars has recorded in the accompanying financial statements $39 million and $40 million in liabilities as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, representing the estimate of its obligations under the ESSP and ESSP II and for certain former directors and employees who had employment agreements with Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (the predecessor to CEC) and participated in the EDCP. Trust Assets CEC is a party to a trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) structured as a so-called “rabbi trust” arrangement, which holds assets that may be used to satisfy obligations under the deferred compensation plans above. Amounts held pursuant to the Trust Agreement were approximately $67 million and $62 million as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and have been reflected as long-term restricted assets on the Balance Sheets. Settlement Agreement On September 14, 2016, CEC entered into a settlement agreement with CEOC related to the liabilities and assets associated with the above deferred compensation plans, which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court on October 17, 2016. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, contemporaneously with the Effective Date of the Restructuring, CEC would assume all obligations to plan participants under or with respect to all five of the deferred compensation plans, and the Debtors would have no further obligations to the deferred compensation plan participants. At that time, CEOC and the other Debtors would relinquish and release any claim or right that any of them may have in respect of the assets held under either the Trust Agreement or additional assets held pursuant to a separate escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”). This settlement transaction was completed as part of the Plan on the Effective Date. See Note 17.

Contractual Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Contractual Commitments

Except as described below and in Note 1 and Note 9, during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we have not entered into any material contractual commitments outside of the ordinary course of business that have materially changed our contractual commitments as compared to December 31, 2016.

NV Energy

In September 2017, we filed our final notice to proceed with our plan to exit the fully bundled sales system of NV Energy for our Nevada casino properties and purchase energy, capacity, and/or ancillary services from a provider other than NV Energy. The transition to unbundle electric service (the “Cease-Use Date”) is expected to begin in December 2017 and should extend through the first quarter of 2018. As a result of our decision to exit, NV Energy charged aggregate impact exit fees of $48 million, of which $33 million related to CGPH and CERP properties and $15 million related to New CEOC’s properties. These fees are payable over three to six years at an aggregate present value of $38 million. The portion attributable to CGPH and CERP was recorded at $26 million in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and deferred credits and other liabilities on the Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2017, with a corresponding expense recognized in other operating costs in the Statements of Operations.

For six years following the transition, we are also required to make ongoing payments to NV Energy for non-bypassable rate charges, which primarily relate to each entity’s share of NV Energy’s portfolio of renewable energy contracts and the costs of decommissioning and remediation of coal-fired power plants. Total fees to be incurred, including the portion attributable to New CEOC, are expected to be $32 million, with an estimated present value of $26 million. The portion of fees attributable to CGPH and CERP properties is estimated to be $24 million, with an estimated present value of $19 million. We expect to record a liability at the Cease-Use Date representing an estimate of the present value of the non-bypassable rate charges on the effective date of the transition.

Contingent Liabilities

Self-Insurance

We are self-insured for workers compensation and other risk insurance, as well as health insurance effective in the first quarter of 2017 when the liability related to certain health insurance contracts was transferred from CEOC to CES. Our total estimated self-insurance liability was $193 million and $179 million as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

Deferred Compensation and Employee Benefits

Deferred Compensation Plans

As of September 30, 2017, certain current and former employees of Caesars, and our subsidiaries and affiliates, have balances under the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan (“ESSP”), the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Supplemental Savings Plan II (“ESSP II”), the Park Place Entertainment Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (“CEDCP”), the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (“DCP”), and the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (“EDCP”). These plans are deferred compensation plans that allow certain employees an opportunity to save for retirement and other purposes.

Each of the plans is now frozen and is no longer accepting contributions. However, participants may still earn returns on existing plan balances based upon their selected investment alternatives, which are reflected in their deferral accounts.

Plan obligations in respect of all of these plans were included in Caesars’ financial statements as liabilities prior to the deconsolidation of CEOC. Caesars has recorded in the accompanying financial statements $39 million and $40 million in liabilities as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, representing the estimate of its obligations under the ESSP and ESSP II and for certain former directors and employees who had employment agreements with Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (the predecessor to CEC) and participated in the EDCP.

Trust Assets

CEC is a party to a trust agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) structured as a so-called “rabbi trust” arrangement, which holds assets that may be used to satisfy obligations under the deferred compensation plans above. Amounts held pursuant to the Trust Agreement were approximately $67 million and $62 million as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and have been reflected as long-term restricted assets on the Balance Sheets.

Settlement Agreement

On September 14, 2016, CEC entered into a settlement agreement with CEOC related to the liabilities and assets associated with the above deferred compensation plans, which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court on October 17, 2016. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, contemporaneously with the Effective Date of the Restructuring, CEC would assume all obligations to plan participants under or with respect to all five of the deferred compensation plans, and the Debtors would have no further obligations to the deferred compensation plan participants. At that time, CEOC and the other Debtors would relinquish and release any claim or right that any of them may have in respect of the assets held under either the Trust Agreement or additional assets held pursuant to a separate escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”). This settlement transaction was completed as part of the Plan on the Effective Date. See Note 17.