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                                                             Exhibit 10.45


                                  STOCK OPTION
                         AND RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT

                STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT (this
"Agreement"), dated as of February 2, 1999 (the "Effective Date"), by and
between Harveys Casino Resorts, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), and John
J. McLaughlin (the "Executive"), an employee of the Company or a Subsid iary of
the Company.

                  Pursuant to the Company's 1999 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
(the "Plan"), the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), as the
Administrator of the Plan, has determined that the Executive is to be granted
(i) an option (the "Option") to purchase shares of the Company's Class A Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), and shares of the
Company's Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Class B Common
Stock" and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the "Common Stock"), and
(ii) a Restricted Stock award consisting of additional shares of Class A Common
Stock and Class B Common Stock (the "Restricted Shares"), each on the terms and
conditions set forth herein, and hereby grants such Option and Restricted Stock
award. Such grants shall be deemed to satisfy in full the Company's obligations
under Section 7.03 of that certain Employment Agreement, of even date herewith,
between the Executive and the Company (the "Employment Agreement"). It is
intended that the Option shall constitute an "incentive stock option" within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code (an "ISO") to the maximum extent permitted
under the Code. Additional provisions relating to the ISO status of the Option
are set forth in Section 1 below.

                  Any capitalized terms not defined herein shall have their
respective meanings set forth in the Plan.

                  1. TERMS OF OPTION GRANT. (a) The Option entitles the Execu-
tive to purchase 240 shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock at a price
equal to $20.06 per share (the "Class A Option Exercise Price"), which the
parties acknowledge is not less than the fair market value of one share of the
Class A Common Stock as of the Effective Date. The Option also entitles the
Executive to purchase 24,000 shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock at a
price equal to $20.06 per share (the "Class B Option Exercise Price" and,
collectively with the Class A Option Exercise Price, the "Option Exercise
Price"), which the parties acknowledge is not less than the fair market value of
one share of the Class B


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Common Stock as of the Effective Date.  The shares of Class A Common Stock
and Class B Common Stock subject to the Option are referred to herein as the
"Option Shares."

                           (b)  The term of the Option (the "Option Term") shall
commence on the Effective Date (the "Date of Grant") and, unless the Option is
previously terminated pursuant to this Agreement, shall terminate upon the
expiration of ten (10) years from the Date of Grant. Upon expiration of the
Option Term, all rights of the Executive hereunder shall terminate.

                           (c) The Option shall vest as to 20% of the Option
Shares on each of the first five anniversaries of the Date of Grant, PROVIDED,
that

                                    i)      the Option and such vesting shall be
         subject to the forfeiture provisions of Section 7(b) below (the
         "Special Forfeiture Provisions"), such that any such vested portion of
         the Option shall be exercisable from time to time only if and to the
         extent that such vested portion shall not be subject to forfeiture
         pursuant to the Special Forfeiture Provisions;

                                    ii)     upon the occurrence of a Change in 
         Control (as defined in Section 3 below) at any time prior to the
         effective date (as determined under the Employment Agreement) of
         Executive's termination of employment with the Company for any or no
         reason, the Option shall immediately vest and become exercisable as to
         100% of the Option Shares and the Special Forfeiture Provisions shall
         immediately expire;

                                    iii)    if Executive's employment with the 
         Company is terminated (A) by the Company without Cause (as defined in
         the Employment Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof, or as the
         same may be amended from time to time, regardless of the termination of
         the Employment Agreement prior to the effective date of such
         termination) within the 12 month period immediately preceding a Change
         in Control (or such longer period, not to exceed 18 months prior to
         such Change in Control, during which significant discussions or other
         material action regarding such Change in Control occurred) at the
         request, directly or indirectly, of a third party who has taken steps
         reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control or otherwise in
         connection with, or in anticipation of a Change in Control, or (B) by
         Executive for Good Reason (as defined in the Employ- 


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         ment Agreement) if the grounds constituting Good Reason occur as the
         result of a Change in Control or within the above-referenced time frame
         at the request, directly or indirectly, of such a third party or
         otherwise in connection with, or in anticipation of a Change in
         Control, (i) the Option shall be deemed to have immediately vested and
         become exercisable as to 100% of the Option Shares as of the effective
         date of such Change in Control, (ii) the Special Forfeiture Provisions
         shall be deemed to have immediately expired as of the effective date of
         such Change in Control and (iii) the exercisability of the Option shall
         be as determined under Section 7(a); and

                                    iv)     if Executive's employment with the 
         Company is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive for
         Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement), the Option shall
         immediately vest and become exercisable and the Special Forfeiture
         Provisions shall immediately expire as to that number of Option Shares
         that would have vested pursuant to the first clause of this Section
         1(c) had Executive's employment continued without interruption through
         the date that is 18 months following the effective date of such
         termination as determined under the Employment Agreement.

Those Option Shares which, as of any date, have vested pursuant to the first
clause of this Section 1(c) but remain subject to the Special Forfeiture
Provisions shall be referred to herein as "Vested Option Shares."

                           (d)  Except as otherwise provided herein, the right 
         of the Executive to purchase Option Shares with respect to which the
         Option has become exercisable may be exercised in whole or in part at
         any time or from time to time prior to expiration of the Option Term,
         provided, that any exercise of the Option shall be deemed to relate in
         tandem to both the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock
         subject to the Option, such that the ratio of (i) the number of shares
         of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such exercise to (ii) the total
         number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof
         shall be the same as the ratio of (iii) the number of shares of Class B
         Common Stock issuable upon such exercise to (iv) the total number of
         shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding on the date hereof.

                           (e) The Option may be exercised by means of written
         notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Option
         Shares to be pur-


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         chased, accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate Option Exercise
         Price and any applicable withholding amounts (i) in cash or by check,
         (ii) at any time following the closing of the Company's Initial Public
         Offering (as defined in Section 3 below) by means of a broker cashless
         exercise procedure, on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company,
         providing proceeds sufficient to pay the exercise price and any
         applicable withholding amounts, or (iii) by any other means of exercise
         authorized from time to time in the Plan and/or by the Board. In
         addition, with respect to any exercise of the Option that occurs
         following Executive's termination of employment with the Company at
         any time prior to the closing of the Company's Initial Public Offering,
         the Option may, at Executive's election, be exercised through
         withholding of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon exercise
         of the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value equivalent to the
         aggregate Option Exercise Price plus applicable withholding amounts.

                           (f)      To the extent the Option is intended to 
         constitute an ISO, the ratio of (i) the number of shares of Class A
         Common Stock to which the ISO portion of the Option relates to (ii) the
         total number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding on the date
         hereof shall be the same as the ratio of (iii) the number of shares of
         Class B Common Stock to which the ISO portion of the Option relates to
         (iv) the total number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding on
         the date hereof.

                  2. TERMS OF RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD. (a) The Restricted Stock
award entitles the Executive as of the Date of Grant to receive 180 shares of
Class A Common Stock and 18,000 shares of Class B Common Stock (the "Restricted
Shares"), subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

                           (b)  Subject to the rights and obligations of 
         Executive pursuant to that certain Stockholders Agreement, of even date
         herewith, by and among the Company, Executive and the other parties
         thereto (the "Stockholders Agreement"), and except as provided in
         Section 2(c) below, the Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned,
         transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of in any
         manner or under any circumstances (the "Transfer Restrictions").

                           (c) The Transfer Restrictions shall lapse as to 20%
         of the Restricted Shares on each of the first five anniversaries of the
         Date of Grant, PROVIDED, that


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                                    i)      the Restricted Shares and such lapse
         shall be subject to the Special Forfeiture Provisions of Section 7(b),
         such that the Transfer Restrictions shall continue to apply to the
         Restricted Shares for so long and to the extent that the Restricted
         Shares shall be subject to forfeiture pursuant to the Special
         Forfeiture Provisions;

                                    ii)     upon the occurrence of a Change in 
         Control at any time prior to the effective date (as determined under
         the Employment Agreement) of Executive's termination of employment with
         the Company for any or no reason, the Transfer Restrictions shall
         immediately lapse as to 100% of the Restricted Shares and the Special
         Forfeiture Provisions shall immediately expire;

                                    iii)    if Executive's employment with the 
         Company is terminated under the circumstances set forth in Section
         1(c)(iii) above, (i) the Transfer Restrictions shall be deemed to have
         immediately lapsed as to 100% of the Restricted Shares as of the
         effective date of such Change in Control, and (ii) the Special
         Forfeiture Provisions shall be deemed to have immediately expired as of
         the effective date of the Change in Control; and

                                    iv)     if Executive's employment with the 
         Company is terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive for
         Good Reason (each as defined above), the Transfer Restrictions shall
         immediately lapse and the Special Forfeiture Provisions shall
         immediately expire as to that number of Restricted Shares as to which
         the Transfer Restrictions would have lapsed pursuant to the first
         clause of this Section 2(c) had Executive's employment continued
         without interruption through the date that is 18 months following the
         effective date of such termination as determined under the Employment
         Agreement.

Those Restricted Shares as to which, as of any date, the Transfer Restrictions
have lapsed pursuant to the first clause of this Section 2(c) but which remain
subject to the Special Forfeiture Provisions shall be referred to herein as
"Lapsed Restricted Shares."

                           (d)  From and after the Date of Grant and for so long
         as the Restricted Shares are held by or for the benefit of the
         Executive, except as limited by the Stockholders Agreement, the
         Transfer Restrictions and the Special Forfeiture Provisions, the
         Executive shall have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company


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with respect to the Restricted Shares, including but not limited to the right to
receive dividends on and the right to vote such shares.

                  3. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. (a) For purposes of this Agreement,
"Initial Public Offering" shall mean the closing of a public offering pursuant
to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") covering shares of the Company's Common Stock,
which shares are approved for listing or quotation on the New York Stock
Exchange, American Stock Exchange or Nasdaq National Market.

                           (b)  For purposes of this Agreement, "Change in 
         Control" means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

                                    i)      the sale, lease, transfer, 
         conveyance or other disposition, in one or a series of related
         transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company
         and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

                                    ii)     the adoption by the Company's 
         stockholders of a plan of liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

                                    iii)    prior to the time the Company or 
         any Parent Corporation completes an Initial Public Offering, the
         Company becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant
         to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy vote, written notice or
         otherwise) of the acquisition by any "Person" or related group (within
         the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
         Act, or any successor provision to either of the foregoing, including
         any "group" acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing
         of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange
         Act), other than a group consisting of the Principals and their Related
         Parties, in a single transaction or in a related series of
         transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business
         combination or purchase of direct or indirect beneficial ownership
         (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any
         successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power entitled
         to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of the Company or
         such other Person surviving the transaction;

                                    iv)     subsequent to the time the Company 
         or any Parent Corporation completes an Initial Public Offering, the
         Principals and


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         their Related Parties shall directly or indirectly beneficially own
         shares of capital stock representing less than 25% of the total voting
         power entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of the
         Company and either (A) any other Person directly or indirectly
         beneficially owns shares of capital stock representing voting power in
         excess of the voting power represented by shares of capital stock owned
         by the Principals and their Related Parties or (B) individuals who were
         the voting members of the Company's Board of Directors at the beginning
         of any two year period commencing subsequent to the Initial Public
         Offering (together with any new voting directors whose election or
         appointment by such board or whose nomination for election by the
         shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the
         directors then still in office who were either directors at the
         beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election
         was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
         majority of the Company's Board of Directors then in office.

                           (c) For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings as set forth below:

                                    i)      "Exchange Act" means the Securities 
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
         promulgated there under;

                                    ii)     "Principals" means Colony Investors 
         III, L.P., Colony Capital, Inc. and any of their respective affiliates
         and any of the Company's officers and directors; and

                                    iii) "Related Party" with respect to any
         Principal means (A) any controlling stockholder, 80% (or more) owned
         Subsidiary, or spouse or immediate family member (in the case of an
         individual) of such Principal or (B) any trust, corporation,
         partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners,
         owners or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling
         interest of which consist of such Principal and/or such other Persons
         referred to in the immediately preceding clause (A).

                           (d)      For purposes of this Agreement, "Fair Market
         Value" (when capitalized, unless the context clearly indicates
         otherwise) means, as of any given date, (A) if the Common Stock is
         publicly traded, the closing sale price of the


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Common Stock on such date (or the nearest preceding date on which the Common
Stock was traded) as reported in the Western Edition of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,
or (B) if the Common Stock is not publicly traded, the fair market value of the
Common Stock as determined in accordance with the procedures set forth below, in
each case based on the per share value of the Company as a whole as of the
relevant date, without any discount for the sale of a minority interest and
without considering lack of liquidity, including transfer and other restrictions
on the Common Stock:

                                    i)      The Board shall determine the fair 
         market value of the Common Stock in good faith, using commercially
         reasonable methods and at the Company's sole expense, PROVIDED, that if
         Executive is a member of or non-voting observer on the Board, Executive
         shall recuse himself from all deliberations of the Board regarding such
         determination, and except as otherwise provided herein shall not be
         entitled to receive or be provided access to any minutes or other
         records of the Board with respect to such determination. The Board
         shall communicate the per share valuation as so determined in writing
         to Executive within 20 business days following the date written notice
         is provided or the Board takes cognizance of the need to determine the
         Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, and upon Executive's request,
         the Board shall provide Executive appropriate supporting documentation
         regarding the methods, assumptions and other bases used in arriving at
         such valuation. If acceptable to Executive, the fair market value of
         the Common Stock shall be as so determined.

                                    ii)     If the fair market value as 
         determined under (i) is not acceptable to Executive, Executive shall
         determine the fair market value of the Common Stock in good faith,
         using commercially reasonable methods and at Executive's sole expense,
         and shall communicate the per share valuation as so determined in
         writing to the Board within 20 business days following the Board's
         communication to Executive of the per share valuation pursuant to (i)
         above and, upon the Board's request, Executive shall provide to the
         Board appropriate supporting documentation regarding the methods,
         assumptions and other bases used in arriving at such valuation. If
         acceptable to the Board, the fair market value of the Common Stock
         shall be as so determined.

                                    iii)    If the fair market value as 
         determined under (ii) is not acceptable to the Board, the Board and
         Executive shall then


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         negotiate in good faith to agree upon the fair market value of the
         Common Stock, based on the valuations under (i) and (ii) above.

                                    iv)     If the Board and Executive shall be 
         unable by the foregoing means to agree upon the fair market value of
         the Common Stock within ten business days after the Board has been
         advised of Executive's valuation, the issue shall then be submitted to
         binding arbitration in Las Vegas, Nevada according to the rules and
         procedures of the American Arbitration Association. The Company and
         Executive shall each submit to the arbitrator their valuations under
         (i) and (ii) above, together with all supporting documentation
         regarding the methods, assumptions and other bases used in arriving at
         such valuation. The arbitrator shall then be instructed to choose which
         of the two valuations more closely reflects the fair market value of
         the Common Stock, and shall not have the right to choose a third
         valuation as the appropriate fair market value of the Common Stock. The
         party whose valuation is not so chosen by the arbitrator shall pay any
         and all costs and expenses of the arbitration (but not the initial
         valuation of the other party), including without limitation reasonable
         attorneys' fees and other fees incurred by the prevailing party in
         such arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrator's
         determination and award.

                  4. DEFERRED COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO
RESTRICTED SHARES. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at any time
prior to the occurrence of a Distribution Event (as defined in the Deferred
Compensation Agreement, of even date herewith, between Executive and the
Company (the "Deferred Compensation Agreement")) that the Transfer Restrictions
and Special Forfeiture Restrictions would otherwise lapse with respect to any
portion of the Restricted Shares and result in the recognition of income by
Executive, such Restricted Shares (the "Deferred Shares") shall be cancelled and
an equivalent number of Deemed Deferred Shares (as defined in the Deferred
Compensation Agreement) shall be added to the Restricted Stock Sub-Account under
the Deferred Compensation Agreement.

                  5. ADJUSTMENTS. In the event of any merger, reorganization,
consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split or similar change
affecting the Common Stock, an equitable substitution or proportionate
adjustment shall be made in the kind and number of Restricted Shares and in the
kind, number and option price of shares of Common Stock subject to the Option,
as may be determined by the Board in good faith.


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                  6.   NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION AND OPTION SHARES; OPTION
SHARES AND RESTRICTED SHARES SUBJECT TO STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT. (a) The Option
and this Agreement shall not be transferable and, during the lifetime of
Executive, the Option may be exercised only by Executive; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Executive shall be permitted to transfer the Option and this Agreement
to a trust controlled by the Executive during the Executive's lifetime for
estate planning purposes, and PROVIDED, further, that the limited
transferability provisions set forth in the immediately preceding proviso shall
apply to any portion of the Option that constitutes an ISO only to the extent
such provisions are consistent with Section 422(b) of the Code. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, except as otherwise provided herein, the Option
may not be assigned, transferred, pledged or hypothecated in any way, shall not
be assignable by operation of law, and shall not be subject to execution,
attachment or similar process. Any attempted assignment, transfer, pledge,
hypothecation or other disposition of the Option contrary to the provisions
hereof, and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the
Option shall be null and void and without effect.

                           (b)  The Executive, the Restricted Shares and, upon 
exercise of the Option, the Option Shares, shall at all times and in all
respects be subject to the Stockholders Agreement, the provisions of which shall
be deemed to be incorporated into this Agreement.

                  7.   EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT; SPECIAL FORFEITURE
PROVISIONS. (a) Upon the termination of Executive's employment with the Company
under any circumstances and for any or no reason (including without limitation
by reason of the death or Disability of the Executive or the sale of such
Subsidiary), the Option shall immediately terminate as to all Option Shares that
shall not have vested as of the effective date (as determined under the
Employment Agreement) of such termination of employment, and the Executive shall
forfeit all Restricted Shares as to which the Transfer Restrictions have not
lapsed as of such date of termination, in each case taking into account any
additional vesting and/or lapse that shall have occurred by reason of the
provisions of Sections 1(c)(iv) and 2(c)(iv). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to
the extent the provisions of Sections 1(c)(iii) and 2(c)(iii) shall apply in
connection with a Change in Control, (i) the Option shall be deemed to have been
vested and exercisable in full as of the effective date of Executive's
termination of employment, (ii) the Transfer Restrictions shall be deemed to
have lapsed in full and the Special Forfeiture Provisions shall be deemed to
have expired as of the effective date of such Change in Control


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and (iii) the exercise provisions of Section 7(c) shall apply as if Executive's
employment had been terminated as of the date of such Change in Control.

                           (b)      In addition, in the event the Executive's 
employment with the Company is terminated prior to the Forfeiture Provision
Expiration Date (as defined below) (i) at any time prior to the fifth
anniversary of the Date of Grant by the Executive other than for Good Reason or
(ii) at any time by the Company for Cause (each as defined above), Executive
shall thereupon forfeit that portion of the Vested Option Shares and Lapsed
Restricted Shares equal to the Applicable Reduction Percentage (as defined
below).

                                    i)     The "Applicable Reduction 
         Percentage" shall mean (A) at all times prior to the occurrence of an
         Initial Public Offering, two-thirds and (B) at all times following an
         Initial Public Offering but prior to the occurrence of a 50% Colony
         Sell-Down, one-third.

                                    ii)    The Special Forfeiture Provisions 
         shall expire in their entirety as of the date of (x) the Company's
         Initial Public Offering, if such Initial Public Offering occurs
         subsequent to a 50% Colony Sell-Down, (y) a 50% Colony Sell-Down that
         occurs at any time subsequent to the Company's Initial Public Offering
         or (z) a Change in Control (the "Forfeiture Provision Expiration
         Date").

                                    iii)   A "50% Colony Sell-Down" shall be
         deemed to occur when the Principals and their affiliates (excluding
         officers and employees of the Company who are Principals or affiliates
         merely by reason of their being such an officer or employee) shall,
         directly or indirectly, beneficially own shares of capital stock of the
         Company representing less than 50% of the largest total number of such
         shares theretofore owned by such persons.

                           (c) Subject to the Company's call rights set forth in
         Section 8, any portion of the Option that, pursuant to Section 1(c)
         above, shall be vested and exercisable as of the effective date of
         Executive's termination of employment (the "Termination Date") shall be
         exercisable in whole or in part for a period of 90 days following the
         Termination Date (180 days in the event of termination by reason of
         disability, and one year in the event of termination by reason of
         death). All Option Shares with respect to which the Option shall be so
         vested and exercisable shall be referred to herein as "Vested and
         Exercisable Option Shares." Upon


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expiration of such period, any unexercised portion of the Option shall terminate
in full; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Company provides notice to the Executive
of its intent to exercise the Call pursuant to Section 8, any portion of the
Option subject to such exercise shall terminate as of the closing of the Call.

                  8.   CALL RIGHTS. In the event of (I) the termination of the
Executive's employment with the Company at any time, under any circumstances and
for any or no reason, (II) a Change in Control or (III) any transfer of any
Option Shares or Restricted Shares by the Executive under any circumstances
(other than to a trust controlled by Executive for estate planning purposes, the
trustee of which agrees in writing to be subject in all events and for all
purposes to the Company's Call as set forth herein), including pursuant to any
arrangement, proceeding, decree, judgement, order or application of law relating
to the division of property for domestic relations purposes, for a period
commencing on the date of such event and expiring upon the Company's Initial
Public Offering (the "Call Exercise Period"), the Company shall have the right
to purchase from the Executive, by giving written notice to the Executive
pursuant hereto and in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 8(a)
below (the "Call") (x) any or all of such portion of the Option as shall relate
to Vested and Exercisable Option Shares as of the date such written notice is
given (the "Call Exercise Date"), (y) any or all Option Shares owned by the
Executive as of the end of business on the Call Exercise Date and/or (z) any or
all Restricted Shares as of the end of business on the Call Exercise Date as to
which the Transfer Restrictions shall have lapsed pursuant to Section 2(c) and
which shall not theretofore have been forfeited by Executive pursuant to Section
7(b).

                      (a)  The following terms and conditions shall apply to the
exercise of the Call:

                                 i)      If exercising its rights under (x) 
         above, the Company shall pay the Executive an amount in cash equal to
         the product of (A) the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of a
         share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable,
         as of the Termina tion Date (the "Call Price") over the Class A Option
         Exercise Price or Class B Option Exercise Price, as applicable, and (B)
         the number of shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock,
         as applicable, that the portion of the Option being purchased by the
         Company pursuant to the Call would otherwise entitle the Executive to
         purchase.


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                                    ii)     If exercising its rights under (y) 
         or (z) above, the Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to
         the product of (A) the Call Price and (B) the number of Option Shares
         or Restricted Shares, as applicable, being purchased pursuant thereto.

                           (b)      The closing with respect to the exercise of 
the Call shall take place at the Company's executive offices within 30 days
following the Call Exercise Date (the "Scheduled Closing Date").

                           (c)      Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, 
the Company may assign, without the consent of the Executive, its rights under
this Section 8; PROVIDED, that no such assignment shall release the Company from
its obligations hereunder.

                           (d)      The Call shall terminate upon the closing of
the Company's Initial Public Offering.

                  9. INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION. The Executive hereby represents
and warrants to the Company that the Executive, by reason of the Executive's
business or financial experience (or the business or financial experience of the
Executive's professional advisors who are unaffiliated with and who are not
compensated by the Company or any affiliate or selling agent of the Company,
directly or indirectly), has the capacity to protect the Executive's own
interests in connection with the transactions contemplated under this Agreement.

                  10. NOTICES. All notices and other communications under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by first class mail, certified
or registered with return receipt requested, or by a nationally recognized
overnight delivery service to the respective parties named below:

         If to Company:             Harveys Casino Resorts
                                    Highway 50 and Stateline Avenue
                                    P.O. Box 128
                                    Lake Tahoe, Nevada 89449
                                    Attention:  Charles Scharer
                                    Facsimile:  775-586-6852

         with a copy to:            Colony Capital, Inc.
                                    1999 Avenue of the Stars


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                                    Los Angeles, California 90067
                                    Attention:  Kelvin L. Davis
                                    Facsimile: 310-282-8808

         and a copy to:             Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
                                    300 South Grand Avenue
                                    Los Angeles, California 90071
                                    Attention:  Jonathan H. Grunzweig
                                    Facsimile: 213-687-5600

         If to the Executive:       John J. McLaughlin
                                    106 Willow Drive
                                    Zephyr Cove, Nevada 89448
                                    Facsimile: 775-588-0998

         with a copy to:            Michael Forman
                                    Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers 
                                    LLP
                                    1401 Walnut Street
                                    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
                                    Facsimile: 215-568-3206

Either party hereto may change such party's address for notices by notice duly
given pursuant hereto.

                  11. SECURITIES LAWS REQUIREMENTS. The Option shall not be
exercisable to any extent, and the Company shall not be obligated to transfer
any Option Shares to the Executive upon exercise of the Option, if such
exercise, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, would violate the
Securities Act (or any other federal or state statutes having similar
requirements as may be in effect at that time). Further, the Company may require
as a condition of transfer of any Option Shares pursuant to any exercise of the
Option that the Executive furnish a written representation that he is purchasing
or acquiring the Option Shares for investment and not with a view to resale or
distribution to the public, and the Executive hereby represents and warrants
that he is acquiring the Restricted Shares for investment and not with a view to
resale or distribution to the public. The Executive hereby represents and
warrants that he understands that the Option Shares and the Re stricted Shares
are "restricted securities," as defined in Rule 144 under the Securi ties Act,
and that any resale of the Option Shares or the Restricted Shares must be in
compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or an exemp-




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tion therefrom. Each certificate representing Option Shares or Restricted Shares
shall bear the legend set forth below:

         THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED,
         SOLD, ASSIGNED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF (A "TRANSFER")
         EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THAT CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS
         AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 2, 1999, BY AND AMONG HARVEYS CASINO
         RESORTS, A NEVADA CORPORATION, AND CERTAIN OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS AND THAT
         CERTAIN STOCK OPTION AND RESTRICTED AWARD AGREEMENT, OF EVEN DATE
         HEREWITH, BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND ONE OF ITS SENIOR EXECUTIVES. ANY
         TRANSFEREE OF THESE SECURITIES SHALL TAKE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH
         AGREEMENTS, COPIES OF WHICH ARE ON FILE WITH THE COMPANY.

         THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
         UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
         LAWS, AND NO TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY BE MADE EXCEPT (A) PURSU-
         ANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, OR (B)
         PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE COMPANY
         MAY, UPON REQUEST, REQUIRE A SATISFACTORY OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE
         HOLDER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT.

Further, if the Company determines that the listing or qualification of the
Option Shares under any securities or other applicable law is necessary in order
to avoid a violation of any securities laws, the Option shall not be
exercisable, in whole or in part, unless and until such listing or
qualification, or a consent or approval with respect thereto, shall have been
effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company,
PROVIDED, that the Company shall pursue such listing or qualification diligently
and in good faith.

                  12. NO OBLIGATION TO REGISTER SHARES. Except as provided in
the Stockholders Agreement, the Company shall be under no obligation to register
the Restricted Shares or the Option Shares.


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                  13. PROTECTIONS AGAINST VIOLATIONS OF AGREEMENT. No purported
sale, assignment, mortgage, hypothecation, transfer, pledge, encumbrance, gift,
transfer in trust (voting or other) or other disposition of, or creation of a
security interest in or lien on, any of the Restricted Shares or Option Shares
by any holder thereof in violation of the provisions of this Agreement, the
Stockholders Agree ment or the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the
Company, will be valid, and the Company will not transfer any of said Restricted
Shares or Option Shares on its books nor will any of the Restricted Shares or
Option Shares be entitled to vote, nor will any dividends be paid thereon,
unless and until there has been full compliance with such provisions to the
satisfaction of the Company. The foregoing restrictions are in addition to and
not in lieu of any other remedies, legal or equitable, available to enforce such
provisions.

                  14. WITHHOLDING REQUIREMENTS. Executive shall, no later than
the date as of which the value of any award hereunder becomes includable in his
gross income (after taking into account the provisions of Section 4 hereof), pay
to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding
payment of, any federal, state, or local taxes or other amounts of any kind
required by law to be withheld with respect thereto. The obligations of the
Company hereunder shall be conditional on the making of such payments or
arrangements, and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the
right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to
Executive.

                  15. FAILURE TO ENFORCE NOT A WAIVER. The failure to enforce at
any time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a
waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.

                  16. GOVERNING LAW.  This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed according to the laws of the State of Nevada without regard to its
principles of conflict of laws.

                  17. INCORPORATION OF PLAN. The Plan is hereby incorporated by
reference and made a part hereof, and the Option, the Restricted Stock award and
this Agreement shall be subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan;
provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between the terms of this
Agreement and the Plan, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.

                  18. AMENDMENTS. This Agreement may be amended or modified at
any time only by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.


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                  19. RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. Neither the Executive nor any of
the Executive's successors in interest shall have any rights as a stockholder of
the Company with respect to any shares of Common Stock subject to the Option
until the date of issuance of a stock certificate for such shares of Common
Stock.

                  20. AGREEMENT NOT A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT. Neither the Plan,
the granting of the Restricted Stock award and the Option, this Agreement nor
any other action taken pursuant to the Plan shall constitute or be evidence of
any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Executive has a
right to continue as an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or affiliate
of the Company for any period of time or at any specific rate of compensation.

                  21. AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD. The Board shall have full
authority to interpret and construe the terms of the Plan and this Agreement,
and shall do so in good faith.

                  22. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. Any dispute arising under this
Agreement shall be resolved in accordance with the arbitration provisions of the
Employment Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof, or as the same may be
amended from time to time, regardless of the expiration of the Employment
Agreement prior to the resolution of such dispute, and such arbitration
provisions shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by this reference.

                  23. MARKET STAND-OFF. In connection with any underwritten
public offering by the Company of its equity securities pursuant to an effective
registration statement filed under the Securities Act for such period as the
Company or its underwriters may request (such period not to exceed 180 days
following the date of the applicable offering), the Executive shall not,
directly or indirectly, sell, make any short sale of, loan, hypothecate, pledge,
offer, grant or sell any option or other contract for the purchase of, purchase
any option or other contract for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or
transfer, or agree to engage in any of the foregoing transactions with respect
to, any Restricted Shares or Option Shares acquired under this Agreement without
the prior written consent of the Company or its underwriters, PROVIDED, that
the Executive shall not be required to be subject to "lock-up" restrictions that
are more restrictive than such restrictions to which any other Employee
Stockholder (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement) having commen surate job
duties and responsibilities in the Company is subject, or that would prevent the
Executive from effectuating a sale pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Stockholders
Agreement or Section 3.1 of the Stockholders Agreement.


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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and
delivered this Agreement on the day and year first above written.

                                       HARVEYS CASINO RESORTS


                                    By:/s/Charles W. Scharer
                                       -------------------------------------
                                       Name: Charles W. Scharer 
                                       Title: President and Chief Executive 
                                       Officer


                                    The undersigned hereby accepts and agrees to
                                    all the terms and provisions of the fore-
                                    going Agreement and to all the terms and
                                    provisions of the Plan and the Stockholders
                                    Agreement herein incorporated by reference.


                                    /s/ John McLauglin
                                    -------------------------------------
                                             JOHN J. MCLAUGHLIN
                                    
                                    Address: 106 Willow Drive Zephyr Cove,
                                    Nevada 89448



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