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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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2430 stories by Corey Levitan

Former Las Vegas Casino Prez Scott Sibella Sentenced for Money Laundering

The former president of the MGM Grand and Resorts World in Las Vegas was sentenced by a federal judge Wednesday to one year’s probation and a $9,500 fine, plus a $100 special assessment. US District Judge Dolly M. Gee imposed the lenient...

Corey Levitan May 8, 2024

Vegas Tourist Threatens Lawsuit After Crap Tattoo from Unlicensed, Possibly High, Artist

A Las Vegas tourist said she plans to sue a tattoo shop that allowed an artist to work on her without a valid license. The tourist, a woman from British Columbia, Canada who identified herself only as Melissa, contacted KLAS-TV/Las Vegas with...

Corey Levitan May 8, 2024

Negatively Affected Vegas Businesses Float Petition to Stop F1 Race

A new Change.org petition calls on the Clark County Commission to deny a special use permit to F1, which is scheduled to stage its second Las Vegas Grand Prix on the Las Vegas Strip from November 21-23. “Stop the Las Vegas Grand...

Corey Levitan May 7, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: New Keith Urban Residency, Lovers & Friends Breaks Hearts

Keith Urban is changing his tune. The country superstar announced on Monday that he will headline a residency at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas beginning this fall. Urban was previously a Caesars Entertainment company man, having headlined a residency at Planet Hollywood from...

Corey Levitan May 6, 2024

WrestleMania Returning to Vegas After 32 Years

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced on Saturday that professional wrestling’s biggest event will be held in Las Vegas in 2025. WrestleMania XLI will place its chokehold on Allegiant Stadium over two nights, April 19 and 20. It will be the annual event’s...

Corey Levitan May 4, 2024

Britney Trashed Her Wynn Las Vegas Suite — Report

On Thursday, gossip websites documented a dust-up between “Toxic” singer Britney Spears and her latest partner, Paul Soliz, that ended in paramedics and firefighters being called to LA’s Chateau Marmont hotel. On Friday, TMZ followed up with a report of a another...

Corey Levitan May 4, 2024

As It Demolishes Tropicana Las Vegas, Bally’s Seeks to Keep Its Gaming License Active

The Bally’s Corporation, owner of former Tropicana Las Vegas casino resort, will ask the Clark County Board of Commissioners to keep its gaming license active for at least two more years. It will make the request at the board’s public meeting next...

Corey Levitan May 3, 2024

VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: ‘Cake Boss’ Star to Open 4th Strip Location, Peyote Shutters, Anime Café is 1st in US

Buddy Valastro of “Cake Boss” is turning his attention to pies -- of the tomato and cheese variety. According to What Now Vegas, the celebrity chef’s fourth Las Vegas Strip restaurant, Buddy V’s Pizzeria, is set to debut at Caesars Palace at...

Corey Levitan May 3, 2024

Pamela Anderson Stars as Vegas Showgirl in Dark New Indie Film

Pamela Anderson seems poised to bring not only her acting career but the spirit of the Las Vegas showgirl back to life in a dark new indie film. In “The Last Showgirl,” which was filmed over the past couple of years on...

Corey Levitan May 2, 2024

‘Black Widow of Vegas’ Files Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit for Husband’s Murder

Margaret Rudin, the Las Vegas woman convicted of murdering her husband in 1994, is suing the State of Nevada for wrongful conviction. Rudin, 80, whose conviction was vacated in 2022 after she already served 21 years in prison, filed her lawsuit on...

Corey Levitan May 2, 2024