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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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2317 stories by Corey Levitan

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Bruno Mars to Launch 1st Stadium Tour Here, Spears Refuses to Play US Again, More

Longstanding Park MGM headliner Bruno Mars will launch his first stadium tour at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. "The Romantic Tour," Mars' first full headline tour in nearly a decade, kicks off Friday, April 10 before performing nearly 40 concerts across North...

Corey Levitan January 9, 2026

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Hospital Nurses Bet on Patient Deaths, Murdered Them to Win

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Sept. 23, 2024.  In March and April 1980, Las Vegas made international headlines for an even worse reason than...

Corey Levitan January 9, 2026

Las Vegas Home of Tupac Shakur Murder Suspect ‘Ransacked’ by Criminals

The Las Vegas area home belonging to the family of Duane "Keefe D" Davis -- the man charged with the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur -- was burglarized and ransacked on Wednesday by criminals, according to an exclusive report by...

Corey Levitan January 8, 2026

Vegas Sphere Goes Full Death Star for CES Lego Stunt

After two-plus years of being an emoji, a blinking eye and a basketball, the Sphere finally achieved its highest form: a 366‑foot‑tall LEGO Death Star that CES VIPs blew up for fun. On Wednesday night, the globular wonder’s 580,000‑square‑foot “Exosphere” was re‑skinned...

Corey Levitan January 8, 2026

Bagel-Eating Champ Joey Chestnut Facing Another Las Vegas Hole-y War

Competitive eating -- that uniquely American sport that pretty much rewards obesity -- returns to its natural habitat on January 31, when Joey Chestnut defends his title at the fourth annual Siegel’s Bagelmania World Bagel Eating Championship in Las Vegas. (Yes, competitive...

Corey Levitan January 8, 2026

Robot Deals Tone-Deaf Blackjack at CES in Las Vegas

Sharpa’s humanoid robot North wowed CES attendees with its blackjack dealing but sparked a backlash on social media Critics blasted the demo as tone‑deaf in a city dependent on human card dealers Others mocked North’s extremely slow dealing speed Sharpa evoked the...

Corey Levitan January 7, 2026

Tourism Slump Cost Vegas Nearly 5K Jobs in Late ’25

Las Vegas ended 2025 by losing thousands of jobs. According to a Jan. 6 report from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), 4,700 were lost between September and November, based on seasonally adjusted figures. The culprit was the tourism...

Corey Levitan January 6, 2026

VEGAS DINING NEWS: Bellagio’s New Dinnertainment, Rio’s Hash House a Gone-Gone

The Mayfair Supper Club reopened at Bellagio on New Year’s Eve with a fully reworked production and expanded menu, marking the venue’s first major creative overhaul since opening in 2019. The relaunch introduced a new nightly show produced by Outside The Box...

Corey Levitan January 6, 2026

Hard Rock Las Vegas’ Guitar Hotel Construction Strums Past Midpoint

Construction of the new Hard Rock Guitar Hotel on the Vegas Strip is progressing on pace The new structure, which replaces the Mirage, is expected to open in late 2027 Hard Rock International’s Guitar Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip has surpassed...

Corey Levitan January 6, 2026

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Adele Residency Film in Cards, Panic Returns, Spice Girls at Sphere?

Reports suggest Adele fans could expect a documentary about her Caesars Palace residency Widespread Panic will overtake Vegas in May Could The Sphere be getting Spicy? There were never any public declarations of a documentary being shot, either from Adele or Caesars...

Corey Levitan January 6, 2026