Exhibit A JOINT FILING AGREEMENT This will confirm the agreement by and among all the undersigned that the Schedule 13D filed on or about this date and any amendments thereto with respect to the beneficial ownership by the undersigned of shares of the...

                                                  Exhibit A
                                                           
                  JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
                             
          This will confirm the agreement by and among all
the undersigned that the Schedule 13D filed on or about
this date and any amendments thereto with respect to the
beneficial ownership by the undersigned of shares of the
Common Stock of Rio Hotel & Casino, Inc. is being filed on
behalf of each of the undersigned.

Dated:  June 12, 1997
                              
                              XXXXXXX INVESTMENT CO., INC.


                              By:  /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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                                 Name:  Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
                                 Title: President
                              
                              
                              
                              XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX, XX.
        By: