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Caesars Entertainment, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 8/3/22, at 8:21pm ET   ·   As of:  8/4/22   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1590895-22-126   ·   File #:  1-36629

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/04/22  Caesars Entertainment, Inc.       10-Q        6/30/22   99:13M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.83M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     51K 
 7: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    404K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
13: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     82K 
14: R2          Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    143K 
15: R3          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations     HTML    165K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R4          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     64K 
                Income (Loss) (Unaudited)                                        
17: R5          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     96K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
18: R6          Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    112K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
19: R7          Organization and Basis of Presentation              HTML     48K 
20: R8          Acquisitions and Purchase Price Accounting          HTML     88K 
21: R9          Assets Held for Sale                                HTML     78K 
22: R10         Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated       HTML     34K 
                Affiliates                                                       
23: R11         Property and Equipment                              HTML     46K 
24: R12         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net                 HTML     85K 
25: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    133K 
26: R14         Litigation, Commitments and Contingencies           HTML     43K 
27: R15         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    113K 
28: R16         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    141K 
29: R17         Earnings per Share                                  HTML     72K 
30: R18         Stock-Based Compensation and Stockholders' Equity   HTML     50K 
31: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML     45K 
32: R20         Related Affiliates                                  HTML     33K 
33: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML    144K 
34: R22         Organization and Basis of Presentation (Policies)   HTML     39K 
35: R23         Acquisitions and Purchase Price Accounting          HTML     76K 
                (Tables)                                                         
36: R24         Assets Held for Sale (Tables)                       HTML     73K 
37: R25         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     45K 
38: R26         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net (Tables)        HTML    126K 
39: R27         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    130K 
40: R28         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     90K 
41: R29         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML    137K 
42: R30         Earnings per Share (Tables)                         HTML     74K 
43: R31         Stock-Based Compensation and Stockholders' Equity   HTML     41K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R32         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     39K 
45: R33         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    138K 
46: R34         Organization and Basis of Presentation -            HTML     51K 
                Organization (Details)                                           
47: R35         Organization and Basis of Presentation - William    HTML     84K 
                Hill Acquisition (Details)                                       
48: R36         Acquisitions and Purchase Price Accounting -        HTML     80K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
49: R37         Acquisitions and Purchase Price Accounting -        HTML     56K 
                Estimated purchase consideration (Details)                       
50: R38         Acquisitions and Purchase Price Accounting -        HTML     77K 
                Acquisition of William Hill Assets Acquired and                  
                Liabilities Assumed (Details)                                    
51: R39         Acquisitions and Purchase Price Accounting -        HTML     36K 
                Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information                      
                (Details)                                                        
52: R40         Acquisitions and Purchase Price Accounting -        HTML     66K 
                Consolidation of Horseshoe Baltimore (Details)                   
53: R41         Assets Held for Sale - Narrative (Details)          HTML    120K 
54: R42         Assets Held for Sale - Schedule of Information of   HTML     56K 
                Net Revenues and Net Income (Loss) (Details)                     
55: R43         Assets Held for Sale - Schedule of Assets and       HTML     55K 
                Liabilities Held for Sale (Details)                              
56: R44         Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated       HTML     61K 
                Affiliates (Details)                                             
57: R45         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     49K 
58: R46         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net - Schedule of   HTML     48K 
                Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net                        
                (Details)                                                        
59: R47         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net - Schedule of   HTML     71K 
                Intangible Assets Other Than Goodwill (Details)                  
60: R48         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net - Narrative     HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R49         Goodwill and Intangible Assets, net - Schedule of   HTML     42K 
                Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future                           
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
62: R50         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Assets        HTML     71K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis                      
                (Details)                                                        
63: R51         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     61K 
64: R52         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Derivative    HTML     45K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
65: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Accumulated   HTML     68K 
                Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Details)                      
66: R54         Litigation, Commitments and Contingencies           HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R55         Long-Term Debt - Summary of Long-term Debt          HTML    127K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R56         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details)         HTML     80K 
69: R57         Long-Term Debt - Baltimore Term Loan and Baltimore  HTML     43K 
                Revolving Credit Facility (Details)                              
70: R58         Long-Term Debt - CRC Term Loans and CRC Revolving   HTML    106K 
                Credit Facility (Details)                                        
71: R59         Long-Term Debt - CEI Revolving Credit Facility      HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R60         Long-Term Debt - CRC Senior Secured Notes due 2025  HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R61         Long-Term Debt - CEI Senior Secured Notes due 2025  HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R62         Long-Term Debt - Convention Center Mortgage Loan    HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R63         Long-Term Debt - CEI Senior Notes due 2027          HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R64         Long-Term Debt -Senior Notes due 2029 (Details)     HTML     37K 
77: R65         Long-Term Debt - Debt Covenant Compliance           HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
78: R66         Revenue Recognition - Summary of Net Revenues       HTML     90K 
                Disaggregated Type of Revenue and Reportable                     
                Segment (Details)                                                
79: R67         Revenue Recognition - Summary of Activity Related   HTML     40K 
                to Contract and Contract Related Liabilities                     
                (Details)                                                        
80: R68         Revenue Recognition - Lease Revenue (Details)       HTML     45K 
81: R69         Earnings per Share - Schedule of Reconciliation of  HTML     94K 
                the Numerators and Denominators of the Basic and                 
                Diluted Net Income Per Share Computations                        
                (Details)                                                        
82: R70         Earnings per Share - Schedule of Antidilutive       HTML     33K 
                Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings                 
                Per Share (Details)                                              
83: R71         Stock-Based Compensation and Stockholders' Equity   HTML     30K 
                - Stock-Based Awards (Details)                                   
84: R72         Stock-Based Compensation and Stockholders' Equity   HTML     71K 
                - 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (?2015 Plan?)                       
                (Details)                                                        
85: R73         Stock-Based Compensation and Stockholders' Equity   HTML     46K 
                - Outstanding at End of Period (Details)                         
86: R74         Stock-Based Compensation and Stockholders' Equity   HTML     41K 
                - Share Repurchase Program (Details)                             
87: R75         Stock-Based Compensation and Stockholders' Equity   HTML     32K 
                - Changes to the Authorized Shares (Details)                     
88: R76         Income Taxes - Income Tax Allocation (Details)      HTML     39K 
89: R77         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     35K 
90: R78         Related Affiliates (Details)                        HTML     55K 
91: R79         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     42K 
92: R80         Segment Information - Schedule of Operating Data    HTML     50K 
                for Reportable Segments (Details)                                
93: R81         Segment Information - Schedule of Adjusted EBITDA   HTML     87K 
                by Segment (Details)                                             
94: R82         Segment Information - Schedule Of Capital           HTML     48K 
                Expenditures By Segment (Details)                                
97: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    181K 
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96: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    208K 
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11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- czr-20220630_lab                      XML   2.06M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- czr-20220630_pre               XML   1.50M 
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99: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001590895-22-000126-xbrl      Zip    696K

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