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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 1997

                                        Registration No. 333-________________




                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



        Delaware                                           13-3818402
(State or other jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                    Identification Number)


                                 2500 Boardwalk
                         Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
                     (Address of Principal Executive Office)


                     Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino Savings Plan
                    Trump Castle Hotel & Casino Savings Plan
                       Trump Casino Services Savings Plan
                           Trump Indiana Savings Plan
                   Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino Savings Plan
                            (Full title of the plans)


                                Nicholas L. Ribis
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                       Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc.
                                 2500 Boardwalk
                         Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
                                 (609) 441-6060
                      (Name, address and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)


                                    COPY TO:
                             Daniel D. Rubino, Esq.
                            Willkie Farr & Gallagher
                               One Citicorp Center
                              153 East 53rd Street
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 821-8000



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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                    Proposed         Proposed
Title of                            maximum          maximum
securities        Amount            offering         aggregate     Amount of
to be             to be             price            offering      registration
registered        registered (1)    per share (2)    price (2)     fee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Stock,
$0.01 par
value per share   2,000,000         $9.1875          $18,375,000    $5,568.18



(1)  Represents  the shares of common  stock of Trump  Hotels & Casino  Resorts,
     Inc.  issuable pursuant to the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino Savings Plan (the
     "Plaza  Plan"),  the Trump Castle Hotel & Casino  Savings Plan (the "Castle
     Plan"),  the Trump  Casino  Services  Savings  Plan (the  "Casino  Services
     Plan"),  the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino  Savings Plan (the "Taj Plan"),
     and the Trump Indiana Savings Plan (the "Indiana  Plan") (all  collectively
     referred to herein as the "401(k)  Plans").  In addition,  pursuant to Rule
     416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
     this registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") also
     covers an indeterminate  amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
     to the 401(k) Plans.


(2)  Estimated  solely  for  calculating  the  amount of the  registration  fee,
     pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.



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                                     PART II

                           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

          The following documents, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") are incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement:

                              (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
               the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, filed pursuant to the
               Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");

                              (b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
               for the quarters ended March 31, 1996, June 30, 1996 and
               September 30, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act;

                              (c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K,
               filed on May 2, 1996, May 22, 1996, June 26, 1996, October 22,
               1996, January 13, 1997 and January 22, 1997, pursuant to the
               Exchange Act; and

                              (d) The description of the common stock of the
               Company, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),
               incorporated by reference into the Company's registration
               statement on Form 8-A, dated June 2, 1995, filed pursuant to the
               Exchange Act, as amended by the Company's registration statement
               on Form 8-A/A, filed on April 1, 1996 pursuant to the Exchange
               Act, and contained in the Company's registration statement on
               Form S-1 (file No. 33-90784) filed on March 30, 1995 pursuant to
               the Securities Act, as amended by Amendment No. 3 filed on Form
               S-1 on June 5, 1995 (the "S-1 Registration Statement"), and as
               updated by the information set forth in the Company's Quarterly
               Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996,
               with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock authorized
               and outstanding.

               In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent to the date of the Registration Statement and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents with the Commission.



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Item 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                  Inapplicable

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

                  Inapplicable

Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

          Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers against
liabilities and expenses they may incur in such capacities provided certain
standards are met, including good faith and the belief that the particular
action is in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

          Article IX of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that
the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted under and in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, incorporator, employee or
agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of or in any other similar
capacity with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person had reasonable cause to believe
that his conduct was unlawful. Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding shall (in the case of any action, suit or proceeding against a
director of the Company) or may (in the case of any action, suit or proceeding
against an officer, trustee, employee or agent) be paid by the Company in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as
authorized by the Board of Directors upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the indemnified person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he is


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not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in Article IX.

          No director or officer shall be personally liable to the Company or
any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
or officer, except for any matter in respect of which such director or officer
(A) shall be liable under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or
(B) shall be liable by reason that, in addition to any and all other
requirements for liability, he:

                              (i) shall have breached his duty of loyalty to the
               Company or its stockholders;

                              (ii) shall not have acted in good faith or, in
               failing to act, shall not have acted in good faith;

                              (iii) shall have acted in a manner involving
               intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or, in
               failing to act, shall have acted in a manner involving
               intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or

                              (iv) shall have derived an improper personal
               benefit.

          If the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is amended
after the date hereof to authorize corporate action further eliminating or
limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director
of the Company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended.

          Each of the Executive Agreement between Donald J. Trump, the Company
and Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Holdings, L.P., dated June 12, 1995, and the
Employment Agreement Between Nicholas L. Ribis, the Company and Trump Hotels &
Casino Resorts Holdings, L.P., dated June 12, 1995, provides for the
indemnification of such respective executive officer in connection with any
claims made against the executive officer involving the performance of his
duties, unless the claim is the result of the gross negligence, willful conduct
or bad faith of the executive officer.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

                  Inapplicable




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Item 8.  EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
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                              4.1 Specimen certificate for shares of the Common
               Stock, (incorporated by reference to the S-1 Registration
               Statement, Exhibit 4.25).

                              4.2 Amended and Restated Certificate of
               Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the
               S-1 Registration Statement, Exhibit 3.1).

                              4.3 By-Laws of the Company (incorporated by
               reference to the S-1 Registration Statement, Exhibit 3.2).

                              23 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

                              24 Power of Attorney (reference is made to the
               signature page).

          The Company hereby undertakes to submit the 401(k) Plans and any
amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and will
make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the 401(k) Plans as
tax-exempt retirement trusts so long as the 401(k) Plans remain in force.


Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

         1.       The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

            (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:

                              (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
               10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                              (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
               events arising after the effective date of the Registration
               Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
               which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
               change in the information set forth in the Registration
               Statement;

                              (iii) to include any material information with
               respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
               the Registration Statement or any material change to such
               information in the Registration statement;




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<PAGE>


provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.

               (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

               (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

               2. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

               3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.




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                                   SIGNATURES

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.

                                   TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS, INC.

                                   By:      /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis
                                            Nicholas L. Ribis
                                            President, Chief Executive
                                            Officer and Director


               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Plaza Plan, has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.


                                   TRUMP PLAZA HOTEL & CASINO SAVINGS
                                         PLAN

                                   BY:      /s/ Craig D. Keyser
                                            A member of the Administrative
                                            Committee of the Plaza Plan


               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Castle Plan, has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.


                                     TRUMP CASTLE HOTEL & CASINO SAVINGS PLAN

                                     BY:      /s/ Craig D. Keyser
                                               A member of the Administrative
                                               Committee of the Castle Plan



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<PAGE>




               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Casino Services Plan, has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th
day of February, 1997.


                                     TRUMP CASINO SERVICES SAVINGS PLAN

                                     BY:      /s/ Craig D. Keyser
                                              A member of the Administrative
                                              Committee of the Casino
                                              Services Plan


               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Indiana Plan, has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.


                                     TRUMP INDIANA SAVINGS PLAN

                                     BY:      /s/ Rober M. Pickus
                                              A member of the Administrative
                                              Committee of the Indiana Plan


               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Taj Plan, has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.


                                     TRUMP TAJ MAHAL HOTEL & CASINO SAVINGS PLAN

                                     BY:      /s/ Craig D. Keyser
                                              A member of the Administrative
                                              Committee of the Taj Plan




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                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned officers
and directors of the Company hereby severally constitutes and appoints Nicholas
L. Ribis their true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and
all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.




     Signature                Title                             Date
     ---------                -----                             ----


 /s/ Donald J. Trump           Chairman of the             Feb. 27, 1997
 -------------------           Board of Directors
 Donald J. Trump


 /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis         President, Chief            Feb. 27, 1997
 ---------------------         Executive Officer
 Nicholas L. Ribis             and Director
                               (principal executive and
                               financial officer)


 /s/ Wallace B. Askins         Director                    Feb. 25, 1997
 ---------------------
 Wallace B. Askins


 /s/ Don M. Thomas             Director                    Feb. 25, 1997
 -----------------
 Don M. Thomas


 /s/ Peter M. Ryan             Director                    Feb. 26, 1997
 -----------------
 Peter M. Ryan



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     Signature                Title                             Date
     ---------                -----                             ----



 /s/ John P. Burke      Senior Vice President of           Feb. 27, 1997
 John P. Burke          Corporate Finance
                         (principal
                          accounting officer)




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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS



Exhibit No.                                                           Page
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

23                Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

24                Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).



                                       12
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 1997

                                        Registration No. 333-________________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                                           13-3818402
(State or other jurisdiction                         (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                    Identification Number)

                                 2500 Boardwalk
                         Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
                     (Address of Principal Executive Office)

                     Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino Savings Plan
                    Trump Castle Hotel & Casino Savings Plan
                       Trump Casino Services Savings Plan
                           Trump Indiana Savings Plan
                   Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino Savings Plan
                            (Full title of the plans)

                                Nicholas L. Ribis
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                       Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc.
                                 2500 Boardwalk
                         Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
                                 (609) 441-6060
                      (Name, address and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                    COPY TO:
                             Daniel D. Rubino, Esq.
                            Willkie Farr & Gallagher
                               One Citicorp Center
                              153 East 53rd Street
                            New York, New York 10022
                                 (212) 821-8000

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                    Proposed         Proposed
Title of                            maximum          maximum
securities        Amount            offering         aggregate     Amount of
to be             to be             price            offering      registration
registered        registered (1)    per share (2)    price (2)     fee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Common Stock,
$0.01 par
value per share   2,000,000         $9.1875          $18,375,000    $5,568.18

(1)  Represents  the shares of common  stock of Trump  Hotels & Casino  Resorts,
     Inc.  issuable pursuant to the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino Savings Plan (the
     "Plaza  Plan"),  the Trump Castle Hotel & Casino  Savings Plan (the "Castle
     Plan"),  the Trump  Casino  Services  Savings  Plan (the  "Casino  Services
     Plan"),  the Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino  Savings Plan (the "Taj Plan"),
     and the Trump Indiana Savings Plan (the "Indiana  Plan") (all  collectively
     referred to herein as the "401(k)  Plans").  In addition,  pursuant to Rule
     416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
     this registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") also
     covers an indeterminate  amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant
     to the 401(k) Plans.

(2)  Estimated  solely  for  calculating  the  amount of the  registration  fee,
     pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.

                                       2
PART II

                           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

          The following documents, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") are incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement:

                              (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
               the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, filed pursuant to the
               Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act");

                              (b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
               for the quarters ended March 31, 1996, June 30, 1996 and
               September 30, 1996, filed pursuant to the Exchange Act;

                              (c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K,
               filed on May 2, 1996, May 22, 1996, June 26, 1996, October 22,
               1996, January 13, 1997 and January 22, 1997, pursuant to the
               Exchange Act; and

                              (d) The description of the common stock of the
               Company, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"),
               incorporated by reference into the Company's registration
               statement on Form 8-A, dated June 2, 1995, filed pursuant to the
               Exchange Act, as amended by the Company's registration statement
               on Form 8-A/A, filed on April 1, 1996 pursuant to the Exchange
               Act, and contained in the Company's registration statement on
               Form S-1 (file No. 33-90784) filed on March 30, 1995 pursuant to
               the Securities Act, as amended by Amendment No. 3 filed on Form
               S-1 on June 5, 1995 (the "S-1 Registration Statement"), and as
               updated by the information set forth in the Company's Quarterly
               Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996,
               with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock authorized
               and outstanding.

               In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
subsequent to the date of the Registration Statement and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof
from the date of the filing of such documents with the Commission.

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Item 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

                  Inapplicable

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

                  Inapplicable

Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

          Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers against
liabilities and expenses they may incur in such capacities provided certain
standards are met, including good faith and the belief that the particular
action is in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

          Article IX of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that
the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted under and in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, incorporator, employee or
agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of or in any other similar
capacity with another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person had reasonable cause to believe
that his conduct was unlawful. Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding shall (in the case of any action, suit or proceeding against a
director of the Company) or may (in the case of any action, suit or proceeding
against an officer, trustee, employee or agent) be paid by the Company in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as
authorized by the Board of Directors upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the indemnified person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
determined that he is

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not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in Article IX.

          No director or officer shall be personally liable to the Company or
any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director
or officer, except for any matter in respect of which such director or officer
(A) shall be liable under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or
(B) shall be liable by reason that, in addition to any and all other
requirements for liability, he:

                              (i) shall have breached his duty of loyalty to the
               Company or its stockholders;

                              (ii) shall not have acted in good faith or, in
               failing to act, shall not have acted in good faith;

                              (iii) shall have acted in a manner involving
               intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or, in
               failing to act, shall have acted in a manner involving
               intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or

                              (iv) shall have derived an improper personal
               benefit.

          If the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is amended
after the date hereof to authorize corporate action further eliminating or
limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director
of the Company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as so amended.

          Each of the Executive Agreement between Donald J. Trump, the Company
and Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts Holdings, L.P., dated June 12, 1995, and the
Employment Agreement Between Nicholas L. Ribis, the Company and Trump Hotels &
Casino Resorts Holdings, L.P., dated June 12, 1995, provides for the
indemnification of such respective executive officer in connection with any
claims made against the executive officer involving the performance of his
duties, unless the claim is the result of the gross negligence, willful conduct
or bad faith of the executive officer.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

                  Inapplicable

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Item 8.  EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
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                              4.1 Specimen certificate for shares of the Common
               Stock, (incorporated by reference to the S-1 Registration
               Statement, Exhibit 4.25).

                              4.2 Amended and Restated Certificate of
               Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to the
               S-1 Registration Statement, Exhibit 3.1).

                              4.3 By-Laws of the Company (incorporated by
               reference to the S-1 Registration Statement, Exhibit 3.2).

                              23 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

                              24 Power of Attorney (reference is made to the
               signature page).

          The Company hereby undertakes to submit the 401(k) Plans and any
amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner and will
make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the 401(k) Plans as
tax-exempt retirement trusts so long as the 401(k) Plans remain in force.

Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

         1.       The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

            (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:

                              (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
               10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

                              (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or
               events arising after the effective date of the Registration
               Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
               which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
               change in the information set forth in the Registration
               Statement;

                              (iii) to include any material information with
               respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
               the Registration Statement or any material change to such
               information in the Registration statement;

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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.

               (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

               (c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

               2. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

               3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.

                                   TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS, INC.

                                   By:      /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis
                                            Nicholas L. Ribis
                                            President, Chief Executive
                                            Officer and Director

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Plaza Plan, has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.

                                   TRUMP PLAZA HOTEL & CASINO SAVINGS
                                         PLAN

                                   BY:      /s/ Craig D. Keyser
                                            A member of the Administrative
                                            Committee of the Plaza Plan

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Castle Plan, has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.

                                     TRUMP CASTLE HOTEL & CASINO SAVINGS PLAN

                                     BY:      /s/ Craig D. Keyser
                                               A member of the Administrative
                                               Committee of the Castle Plan

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Casino Services Plan, has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th
day of February, 1997.

                                     TRUMP CASINO SERVICES SAVINGS PLAN

                                     BY:      /s/ Craig D. Keyser
                                              A member of the Administrative
                                              Committee of the Casino
                                              Services Plan

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Indiana Plan, has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.

                                     TRUMP INDIANA SAVINGS PLAN

                                     BY:      /s/ Rober M. Pickus
                                              A member of the Administrative
                                              Committee of the Indiana Plan

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
administrative committee of the Taj Plan, has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlantic City, State of New Jersey, on the 27th day
of February, 1997.

                                     TRUMP TAJ MAHAL HOTEL & CASINO SAVINGS PLAN

                                     BY:      /s/ Craig D. Keyser
                                              A member of the Administrative
                                              Committee of the Taj Plan

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POWERS OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned officers
and directors of the Company hereby severally constitutes and appoints Nicholas
L. Ribis their true and lawful attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and
all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to
file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

     Signature                Title                             Date
     ---------                -----                             ----

 /s/ Donald J. Trump           Chairman of the             Feb. 27, 1997
 -------------------           Board of Directors
 Donald J. Trump

 /s/ Nicholas L. Ribis         President, Chief            Feb. 27, 1997
 ---------------------         Executive Officer
 Nicholas L. Ribis             and Director
                               (principal executive and
                               financial officer)

 /s/ Wallace B. Askins         Director                    Feb. 25, 1997
 ---------------------
 Wallace B. Askins

 /s/ Don M. Thomas             Director                    Feb. 25, 1997
 -----------------
 Don M. Thomas

 /s/ Peter M. Ryan             Director                    Feb. 26, 1997
 -----------------
 Peter M. Ryan

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Signature                Title                             Date
     ---------                -----                             ----

 /s/ John P. Burke      Senior Vice President of           Feb. 27, 1997
 John P. Burke          Corporate Finance
                         (principal
                          accounting officer)

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