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Discuss the following attached excerpt from a recent news article.

In your discussion demonstrate that you can use the concepts of: "price discrimination," and "barriers to entry" to explain the current success of Harrah's strategy, and the prospects for continued success with their strategy.

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An article that includes examples of price discrimination and barriers to entry is dissected.

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