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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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VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: NASA Faked Moon Landing in Vegas Desert
July 15, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: NASA Faked Moon Landing in Vegas Desert

This Saturday marks 55 years since NASA fooled most of the world into thinking that humans walked on the Moon. In 2019, a study conducted for C-SPAN found that 6% of respondents and an alarming...

Written by Corey Levitan
WSOP Poker Player Suffers Heart Attack, Continues in Main Event
July 12, 2024

WSOP Poker Player Suffers Heart Attack, Continues in Main Event

Even a heart attack isn’t serious enough to keep a poker pro out of the World Series of Poker Main Event, which opened July 3 at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Adam Rude of...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: EDO No. 3, Tamba’s Strip Return
July 12, 2024

VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: EDO No. 3, Tamba’s Strip Return

The owners of Las Vegas’ Anima by EDO and EDO Tapas & Wine are going for a trifecta. Roberto Liendo, Joe Mikulich, and James Beard-nominated Chef Oscar Amador will open Braseria in early 2025. The Spanish-French...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Imperial Palace was Shaped Like a Swastika
July 12, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Imperial Palace was Shaped Like a Swastika

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 Nov. 11, 2022. A popular myth has resurfaced since the LINQ Hotel...

Written by Corey Levitan
No Sphere Residency for Beyoncé, Who Could Land Elsewhere on Vegas Strip — Report
July 11, 2024

No Sphere Residency for Beyoncé, Who Could Land Elsewhere on Vegas Strip — Report

Talks have broken off between Beyoncé and the Sphere, the Vegas venue she teased about playing in a February Verizon commercial. However, according to the New York Post, the pop superstar could land elsewhere on...

Written by Corey Levitan
Pete Rose Claims Gambling Scandal Cost Him $100M
July 11, 2024

Pete Rose Claims Gambling Scandal Cost Him $100M

While gambling in Las Vegas in 2007, Nebraska businessman Terrance Watanabe lost $127 million, believed to be one the biggest gambling losses ever. Pete Rose came close. The former Major League Baseball icon, now 83,...

Written by Corey Levitan
Bally’s Files Implosion Permit Application to Drop Trop
July 11, 2024

Bally’s Files Implosion Permit Application to Drop Trop

Bally’s Corporation, which closed the Tropicana Las Vegas last April and has slowly been demolishing it since, filed an application to implode the casino resort’s two 22-story towers on Thursday. The permit application, filed with...

Written by Corey Levitan
Las Vegas Stripper Sued for Committing Relationship Fraud
July 10, 2024

Las Vegas Stripper Sued for Committing Relationship Fraud

An Arkansas man is suing a Las Vegas exotic dancer for $38.5 million, claiming that she “hoodwinked into thinking they were in an exclusive, romantic relationship” for 10 years. According to KNWA-TV/Fayetteville, which obtained a copy...

Written by Corey Levitan
Caesars Entertainment Opens Booking for Paris Las Vegas’ Balcony Rooms
July 10, 2024

Caesars Entertainment Opens Booking for Paris Las Vegas’ Balcony Rooms

The first hotel rooms with balconies to open since the Cosmopolitan’s in 2010 are now up for grabs at the Paris Las Vegas website. Las Vegas visitors can now book the eagerly awaited rooms, in...

Written by Corey Levitan
Downtown Grand Casino in Las Vegas For Sale
July 10, 2024

Downtown Grand Casino in Las Vegas For Sale

The Downtown Grand is for sale. The property, one block north of the Fremont Street Experience, has a 24,000-square-foot casino and 1,124 hotel rooms. According to Casino.org’s own Vital Vegas blog, CIM Group, the owner...

Written by Corey Levitan