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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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2028 stories by Corey Levitan

Secret Underground Las Vegas House Opens (Briefly) to Public

A rare opportunity has emerged to tour Las Vegas’ most peculiar home. Most Las Vegans know about the so-called "Underground House," a 15,000-square-foot doomsday bunker built entirely below ground, yet enveloped in fake daylight, trees, and grass to simulate the real outdoors....

Corey Levitan February 20, 2024

Christina Aguilera Hosting Free Airbnb Stay in Las Vegas

Christina Aguilera has partnered with Airbnb to offer a few lucky guests a free VIP vacation stay in Las Vegas. The package includes two nights in a mansion off the Strip and a curated itinerary of activities, including face time (and selfie...

Corey Levitan February 20, 2024

Bed Bugs Found at 4 Las Vegas Strip Resorts Since September

Inspectors found live bed bugs at four Las Vegas Strip casino resorts -- Encore, Venetian, Mirage, and Excalibur -- over the past five months. According to documents from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), as reported by KLAS-TV/Las Vegas, one of Encore’s...

Corey Levitan February 19, 2024

The 5 Biggest Scams in Las Vegas

Las Vegas is a town built on deception -- primarily that your odds of winning a jackpot are good. But some of its deception is less expected, and less acceptable. Here is the Casino.org news department's official list of the five biggest...

Corey Levitan February 19, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Near Myths — Stories So Wild, They Seem Fake But Aren’t

Today's "Vegas Myths Busted" edition is different. In the nearly two years we've published this weekly Casino.org series, we’ve investigated many wild stories that we knew had to be myths. Most of the time, we were right. This is how we put...

Corey Levitan February 19, 2024

ACLU Sues Vegas Over Pedestrian Bridge Standing Ban

The ACLU of Nevada filed a federal lawsuit on Friday challenging the new Clark County ordinance that bans stopping or standing on the Las Vegas Strip’s 15  pedestrian bridges. In a press release announcing its lawsuit, the civil rights organization called the...

Corey Levitan February 16, 2024

F1 and Done in Vegas? Official Questions Race Commitment

In a surprising turn of events, a Las Vegas official this week claimed that Clark County has no long-term commitment to F1 to stage its Las Vegas Grand Prix annually on the Strip. This implies that F1 could be one-and-done without that...

Corey Levitan February 16, 2024

TV Star Arrested for Vegas Hospital Assault Blames Anxiety Disorder

Austin North, star of the hit Netflix series Outer Banks, was arrested for gross misdemeanor battery earlier this week, after “throwing fists and shoving” three workers in the UMC Hospital in Las Vegas. According to a police report obtained by TMZ, one...

Corey Levitan February 16, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Sin City Has the Most Churches Per Capita

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 May 22, 2023. The Wikipedia page for Las Vegas used to claim the city had the most houses of worship per...

Corey Levitan February 16, 2024

Travis Kelce’s ‘Viva Las Vegas’ Serenade Hikes Song Royalties

After Travis Kelce shouted a half-crazed rendition of Viva Las Vegas last Sunday as a tribute to the town that gifted him his third Super Bowl ring, one might have expected the song’s copyright holders to sue. On the contrary, Kelce’s unique...

Corey Levitan February 15, 2024