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<PERIOD>20050501
<FILING-DATE>20050503
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20050503
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>SHOEMAKER ALVIN V
<CIK>0001051929
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>000-50028
<FILM-NUMBER>05796715
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<PHONE>2086224317
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>PO BOX 1504
<CITY>SUN VALLEY
<STATE>ID
<ZIP>83353
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</REPORTING-OWNER>
<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>WYNN RESORTS LTD
<CIK>0001174922
<ASSIGNED-SIC>7990
<IRS-NUMBER>460484987
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>3145 LAS VEGAS BLVD S.
<CITY>LAS VEGAS
<STATE>NV
<ZIP>89109
<PHONE>7027334444
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>3145 LAS VEGAS BLVD S.
<CITY>LAS VEGAS
<STATE>NV
<ZIP>89109
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
<TEXT>
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-05-01</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001174922</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WYNN RESORTS LTD</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WYNN</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001051929</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SHOEMAKER ALVIN V</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O WYNN RESORTS, LTD.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>3131 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAS VEGAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NV</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>89109</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>52.94</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-05-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-05-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01</value>
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                    <value>10000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Options vest in four equal installments on May 1, 2006; May 1, 2007; May 1, 2008; and May 1, 2009.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Marc H. Rubinstein as attorney-in-fact for Alvin V. Shoemaker</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-05-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SUBMISSION>
