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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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2172 stories by Corey Levitan

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Cadaver Brothel

In 2018, a Las Vegas man was reportedly arrested for using the premises of his employer, the Clark County Coroner’s Office, to run a “cadaver brothel” during closing hours. This is not an April Fools' joke. For more than five years, James...

Corey Levitan April 1, 2024

How to Own a Piece of Tropicana Las Vegas History

Though the Tropicana Las Vegas closes for good on April 2, mementos from the 67-year-old casino resort can be yours via a pre-demolition liquidation sale. Staged by Ohio-based International Content Liquidations, the sale primarily features furniture, TVs, and fixtures from the Tropicana’s...

Corey Levitan March 31, 2024

Macau Says ‘Whoa’ to Horse Racing, Holds Last Races

China’s gambling hub of Macau held its last horse races on Saturday. Gamblers who only half-filled the Taipa Racecourse stands placed their final bets as the end came to a 40-year tradition in the city known primarily for its casinos. In January,...

Corey Levitan March 31, 2024

Aussie Football Team Suffers Vegas Hangover

Fallout from an end-of-season recreational trip to Las Vegas late last year has resulted in the separation of more than one member of Australia’s Brisbane Lions football team from their romantic partners, reports Britain's Daily Mail. The bombshell was dropped on Friday...

Corey Levitan March 29, 2024

A’s Fans Protest Las Vegas Relocation Outside Oakland Coliseum

They probably didn’t outnumber the fans inside Oakland Coliseum, as they hoped to. But the A’s fans who gathered for a rally outside the stadium on Thursday night got their point across... The team’s loyal, decades-strong, hometown fan base does not support...

Corey Levitan March 29, 2024

WWE and UFC to Merge Forces in Vegas Event – Report

One of the martial arts UFC mixes in may be ... professional wrestling. Ever since the WWE and the UFC completed their merger into TKO Group Holdings last September, the two sports entertainment giants have mulled possibilities for crossing over. Reportedly, these...

Corey Levitan March 28, 2024

Al Pacino to Make Vegas Return, Says Film Credit Application

Movie producers are good at keeping secrets. Their jobs depend on the public not knowing exactly where and when movie stars will assemble to work ,since lookie-loo crowds often ruin scenes. But applying for tax credits to the Nevada Film Office, a...

Corey Levitan March 27, 2024

Former Maryland Casino Operator Settles Sex Harassment Suit

Golden Entertainment Inc., the former owner and operator of Rocky Gap Casino in Flintstone, Maryland, will pay $100K to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit. The suit was filed in 2020 by the Baltimore field division of the U.S. Equal Employment...

Corey Levitan March 27, 2024

Man Busted for Vegas DUI Was Celebrating Police Academy Graduation

While Chasen Bradford was understandably happy to have graduated the police academy in Henderson, Nevada, on March 21, celebrating by getting drunk and driving a day later cannot have been one of his better ideas. At 10:20 p.m. last Friday, a woman...

Corey Levitan March 26, 2024

Tony Hsieh Estate Selling Long-Shuttered Western Casino in Vegas

The Western, one of the scariest Las Vegas casinos to enter even before it was permanently shuttered in 2012, is back on the market four years after the death of its famous last owner. Richard Hsieh, the father of late Zappos CEO...

Corey Levitan March 26, 2024