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Reporter: Corey Levitan

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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1905 stories by Corey Levitan

Flamingo’s Early Check-in Fee Stokes Nickel-and-Diming Rage

A guest at the Flamingo was charged $60 for checking into the hotel two hours early This is just one example of the many hotel and resort fees that some critics say are contributing to fewer visitors coming to Las Vegas When...

Corey Levitan June 2, 2025

Minty Bets’ UFC Vegas Blooper Calls ESPN Credibility into Question

While predicting the outcome of a UFC match on Saturday night, Minty Bets had nothing to say for 15 seconds Apparently, the betting analyst's teleprompter got stuck during ESPN's live coverage  Social media did what social media does best  A cringe-inducing blunder...

Corey Levitan June 2, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Strip Uses Most of Las Vegas’ Water

Despite appearances, Las Vegas Strip casinos don't use as much water as people believe they do Most of the water used on the Strip is recycled and reused The owners of the major Strip properties, however, are among the city's most prolific...

Corey Levitan June 2, 2025

Japanese Man Faces 5 Years in Prison for Gambling Online

Makoto Chomabayashi faces five years in prison for gambling in an online casino, which is illegal in Japan Three years is the maximum for his gambling, then another two for acting as a casino affiliate Chomabayashi is believed to have gambled $194...

Corey Levitan June 1, 2025

Free Parking at Resorts World Las Vegas All Summer

Resorts World Las Vegas will offer free parking, from June 2 through Aug. 28, at its guest and hotel parking garages. There are “no strings attached,” the resort announced Friday on its social media pages. You don’t have to be a loyalty...

Corey Levitan May 30, 2025

Electronic Poker Table on Display at WSOP Raises Stakes in Automation of Las Vegas

Jackpot Digital on Friday announced that its new dealer-less Jackpot Blitz electronic poker table is on display at the 2025 World Series of Poker, which got underway Tuesday at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas. If you’ve stayed in Las...

Corey Levitan May 30, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Lefty Rosenthal, Who Inspired De Niro’s ‘Casino’ Character, Hired the Strip’s First Female Dealers

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on July 17, 2023. Sure, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal secretly ran the Stardust, Fremont, Marina, and Hacienda casinos in Las Vegas for the...

Corey Levitan May 30, 2025

Fontainebleau Las Vegas Lays off Dozens of Table Game Dealers

The Fontainebleau laid off dozens of table game dealers this week The Las Vegas casino hotel has faced many challenges since opening in 2023 Chief among the challenges is an anemic location and competition from more established luxury resorts The Fontainebleau Las...

Corey Levitan May 29, 2025

VEGAS DINING NEWS: Eatwell Farewell May Signal Giada Sayonara, Toughest Vegas Reservations

Giada departing the Cromwell? TastingTable names the 10 hardest reservations in Vegas Travelers won't go hungry at Harry Reid International Eatwell at the Cromwell has closed, which isn’t earth-shattering news since it was only a 24-hour quick-service food stall that opened in...

Corey Levitan May 29, 2025

Zac Brown Inadvertently Announces Las Vegas Sphere Residency

Zac Brown wasn’t lying when he revealed last year on the Theo Von podcast that his eponymous band would perform at the Sphere by the end of the year. He just didn’t say which year. Now, the country star has made the...

Corey Levitan May 29, 2025