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Eldorado Resorts Inc. agreed to purchase Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a deal backed by billionaire Carl Icahn.
The deal is worth $17.3 billion, including debt.
Caesars reportedly had been pushed to consider a sale by Icahn, its biggest shareholder.
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