Casino.org The World's Online Gaming Authority Since 1995
Menu
Avatar photo

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.

Areas of Expertise

1983 stories by Corey Levitan

UPDATE: Tupac Las Vegas Search Tied to Uncle of Suspected Murderer Orlando Anderson

UPDATE: The Las Vegas area home searched by police this week in connection with Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder reportedly belongs to Paula Clemons. She is the wife of South Side Compton Crips member Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis, who was the uncle...

Corey Levitan July 19, 2023

Delta Passengers Pass Out Awaiting Takeoff in Las Vegas Heat

Multiple passengers fell ill and passed out on Monday afternoon aboard a flight waiting to take off in excessive heat from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, according to Fox Business News. Delta Airlines Flight 555 to Atlanta, which was queued...

Corey Levitan July 18, 2023

Daniel Weinman Wins Largest WSOP Main Event Prize Ever

A 35-year-old poker pro from Atlanta is on top of the poker world. Daniel Weinman won $12.1 million, the biggest prize in World Series of Poker (WSOP) history, and his second bracelet on Monday afternoon. Weinman outlasted a record-breaking field of 10,043...

Corey Levitan July 17, 2023

VIDEO: Fans Walk Out of Miranda Lambert’s Vegas Residency After She Slams Selfie-Takers

Miranda Lambert lost a small chunk of her audience on Saturday night in Las Vegas when they walked out on her Planet Hollywood residency. The country singer had paused a song to berate a group of female fans for using her song...

Corey Levitan July 17, 2023

Pizza Their Mind: $53 Las Vegas Pie Stokes Tourist Hanger

A video pointing out the price for a pie at Di Fara Pizza at the Caesars Palace food hall has gone viral. Posted on Saturday on Las Vegas YouTube influencer Jacob Orth’s Twitter feed, "This is How Crazy Food Prices Are in...

Corey Levitan July 16, 2023

Alleged Caesars Palace Kidnapper Says Amount of Meth He Took was Suitable ‘for a 12-Year-Old’

In a bizarre jailhouse interview, Matthew Mannix -- the 35-year-old Golden, Colo. resident who allegedly held a woman hostage at Caesars Palace for six hours on Tuesday, July 11 -- claimed the cause of his erratic behavior was “a psychotic episode” and...

Corey Levitan July 14, 2023

Las Vegas-Bound Plane Makes Emergency Landing After On-Board Fight

A Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Las Vegas made an unscheduled stop in Denver on Tuesday night after a fight between two female passengers. The two women, who were traveling together, began fighting and hurling loud expletives at each other in...

Corey Levitan July 13, 2023

‘Teen Mom 2’ Star Busted for Battery by Strangulation in Las Vegas

Nathan Griffith was arrested on Wednesday and jailed for allegedly strangling a family member in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old former star of Teen Mom 2 is being held at the Clark County Detention Center for battery by strangulation. Bail was set at...

Corey Levitan July 13, 2023

Elon’s Vegas Loop Finishes Digging to Wynn, Westgate Casino Resorts

Digging to expand the Vegas Loop underground people-mover has reached the Wynn and Westgate resorts. The system, built and operated by Elon Musk’s Boring Co., uses Tesla vehicles to transport people through underground tunnels. Wynn Resorts says it expects its Vegas Loop...

Corey Levitan July 13, 2023

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Kylie Minogue Residency, $20 Miranda Lambert Tix

Kylie Minogue will reportedly begin a string of weekend dates at The Venetian in late October. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the venue will be Voltaire, a high-tech, 1,000-seater custom-tailored for pop residencies. That's only a quarter the size of Adele's...

Corey Levitan July 12, 2023