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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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2642 stories by Corey Levitan

Sweet New Suite at Circa Las Vegas to be Museum of Ice Cream Flavored
July 21, 2026

Sweet New Suite at Circa Las Vegas to be Museum of Ice Cream Flavored

Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas has an unlikely new brand collaborator: the family-friendly Museum of Ice Cream, which recently opened its sixth location at AREA15. Guests slide into the sprinkle pool at...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Elvis Sang “Viva Las Vegas” in Concert Even Once
July 20, 2026

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Elvis Sang “Viva Las Vegas” in Concert Even Once

If you wander into any Las Vegas showroom featuring a man poured into a rhinestone-studded, high-collared white jumpsuit, you can practically set your watch by the opening number. The lights drop, the horns blast that...

Written by Corey Levitan
Sphere Owner MSG Entertainment Sues Wired Over Alleged LGBTQ+ Celeb List
July 18, 2026

Sphere Owner MSG Entertainment Sues Wired Over Alleged LGBTQ+ Celeb List

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG) filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday (July 16) against Wired magazine over a recent report claiming the company tracks celebrities inside its venues by race, gender identity, and sexual orientation....

Written by Corey Levitan
Flavor Flav Leads Women’s Olympic Hockey Parade Down Las Vegas Strip
July 17, 2026

Flavor Flav Leads Women’s Olympic Hockey Parade Down Las Vegas Strip

More than 100 female Winter Olympians and Paralympians were honored in a parade that briefly shut down the Strip on Thursday (July 16). The highlight of "SHE Weekend" was organized by rapper and decades-long Las...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casino Carpets are Designed to Trick You into Gambling More
July 17, 2026

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casino Carpets are Designed to Trick You into Gambling More

EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on March 24, 2023. “Ugly carpets are the results of extensive market research,” claims a website called...

Written by Corey Levitan
Bystanders Intervene as Plainclothes ICE Agents Attempt Arrest at Las Vegas Airport
July 16, 2026

Bystanders Intervene as Plainclothes ICE Agents Attempt Arrest at Las Vegas Airport

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers aborted an attempted arrest at Las Vegas's Harry Reid International Airport on Monday after being surrounded by bystanders whom the Department of Homeland Security later labeled "anti-ICE agitators," according...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS DINING NEWS: M is for Emeril, New BLVD Eateries, Health Closure
July 15, 2026

VEGAS DINING NEWS: M is for Emeril, New BLVD Eateries, Health Closure

Emeril Lagasse will open Meril at the M Resort in Henderson, Nev. on Thursday (July 16). It will be the first off-Strip Vegas eatery for the three-time James Beard-award-winning celebrity chef.The New Orleans-rooted concept will...

Written by Corey Levitan
Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Las Vegas to Pay $2M to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
July 15, 2026

Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Las Vegas to Pay $2M to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

The Thomas Keller Restaurant Group will pay $2 million to resolve a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The settlement, approved July 8 by a Nevada...

Written by Corey Levitan
Primm Weeks Away from Reopening Casino as Terrible’s Transition Nears Completion
July 15, 2026

Primm Weeks Away from Reopening Casino as Terrible’s Transition Nears Completion

The long‑anticipated handoff of Primm, Nev.’s casino and retail operations from Affinity Gaming to Terrible’s is nearly finished, with all work now focused on reopening Primm Valley Resort & Casino — the last gaming property...

Written by Corey Levitan
‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’ Renews Vows with Rio Las Vegas
July 15, 2026

‘Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding’ Renews Vows with Rio Las Vegas

The Rio is shuffling its dinner‑theater deck, replacing one of the longest‑running interactive productions in Las Vegas with an even older one. Marriage Can Be Murder, the comic whodunit that survived more than a quarter...

Written by Corey Levitan