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Reporter: Corey Levitan

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers gaming news on the US West Coast, including 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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1134 stories by Corey Levitan

Las Vegas Tiny Home Draws More than 100 Rental Inquiries

A Las Vegas home has been listed at half the area’s average rental price. According to its owner, it has already attracted more than 113 inquiries despite the fact that it’s basically a toolshed he built in his backyard. “ keeps ringing...

Corey Levitan March 4, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Casinos Have Closed Because They Couldn’t Pay Winners

What was the name of that casino that shut its doors because it couldn’t pay off a huge jackpot? You know the one we're talking about, right? It’s, oh yeah... NO CASINO EVER. The most commonly cited example of this myth is...

Corey Levitan March 4, 2024

VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Peppermill Gets Bearded, Junior’s Says Cheesecake at Resorts World

Vegas’ late-night treasure, the Peppermill Restaurant and Fireside Lounge, has received the 2024 James Beard America's Classics Award for the Southwest region. The prestigious award is bestowed upon a locally owned eatery “with timeless appeal and quality food” that “reflects the character...

Corey Levitan March 1, 2024

Wynn Las Vegas Sues Fontainebleau for Poaching Staff

In June 2023, Casino.org’s own Vital Vegas blog broke the story that Wynn Las Vegas (WLV) was gearing up to sue Fontainebleau for poaching its talent. On Friday morning, Vital Vegas also became the first to report that Wynn's lawsuit has finally...

Corey Levitan March 1, 2024

‘Pawn Star’ Rick Harrison’s Son Cause of Death Released

The death of Adam Harrison, the 39-year-old son of Rick Harrison of  TV's Pawn Stars fame, was caused by an accidental overdose of fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office. The younger Harrison was pronounced dead in the Las...

Corey Levitan March 1, 2024

LOST VEGAS: The Original Las Vegas That No One Knows About

Las Vegas wasn’t even the first Las Vegas in Las Vegas. A thriving community of 2,000-3,000, also called Las Vegas, was established before the railroad that supposedly built Las Vegas even got there. J.T. (John Thomas) McWilliams -- born in Ontario, Canada in...

Corey Levitan March 1, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Strip is the Brightest Place on Earth

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 Oct. 30, 2023. On May 25, 2022, the “Cubby and Christine in the Morning” show on WLTW-FM/New York asked its listeners...

Corey Levitan March 1, 2024

Formula One Promises Cheaper Las Vegas Tix, Less Disruption

Formula One said it would sell at least some tickets for this year’s Las Vegas race at lower price points. Las Vegas Grand Prix CEO Renee Wilm made the promise during Formula One parent company Liberty Media’s earnings call this week. Formula...

Corey Levitan February 28, 2024

OSHA Fines Elon Musk’s Vegas Loop for Safety Violations

The Vegas Loop, Elon Musk’s underground tunnel system on and around the Strip, has been fined more than $100K for eight serious safety violations by the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA defines “serious” violations as associated with a "substantial...

Corey Levitan February 28, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Adele Postpones 10 March Dates Because of Illness, Eagles Still Talking Sphere

Adele has postponed all of the March dates of her Caesars Palace residency, revealing that she’s battling an illness. “Sadly I have to take a beat and pause my Vegas residency,” she shared on Instagram Tuesday evening. “I was sick at the...

Corey Levitan February 27, 2024