UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

MGM MIRAGE

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE		0-16760		88-0215232
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)				Identification No.)

3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada (Address of Principal Executive Offices)				89109 (Zip Code)

(702) 693-7120
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

     On December 4, 2007, the Board of Directors of MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved a new stock repurchase program authorizing the Company to purchase up to 20 million shares of its common stock. The purchases can be made from time to time through open market purchases, privately negotiated third party transactions or other transactions, including but not limited to tender offers, as market conditions warrant.

     The Company has repurchased 5.28 million shares of its common stock from October 1, 2007 through December 6, 2007, thereby leaving 220,000 shares outstanding under the previous stock repurchase program approved in July 2004.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.