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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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1983 stories by Corey Levitan

Alex Jones to Headline Far-Right Rally Near Las Vegas

A two-day Christian nationalist conference in North Las Vegas next month will feature conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and 50 other right-wing speakers, including comedian Roseanne Barr. The “ReAwaken America Tour” is expected to gather 5,000 people at Craig Ranch Regional Park on...

Corey Levitan July 7, 2023

Britney Spears Gets Smacked at Las Vegas Casino Resort

Britney Spears wanted a photo with NBA phenom Victor Wembanyama. What she got instead, according to multiple reports, is a smack in the face. According to TMZ, which broke the story, the pop star was entering the restaurant Catch at Aria Resort...

Corey Levitan July 6, 2023

Las Vegas Strip Tease: Dita Von Teese to ‘Reimagine the Showgirl’ in New Residency

Burlesque revivalist Dita Von Teese will perform a Las Vegas residency on the Strip at Horseshoe Las Vegas, it was announced on Thursday. “Dita Las Vegas: A Jubilant Review” opens October 5 at the Jubilee Theater. That's the venue that hosted "Jubilee!"...

Corey Levitan July 6, 2023

Cirque’s Las Vegas ‘O’ Show Gets OSHA Investigation After Diver Breaks Neck

“O,” the  Cirque du Soleil show at the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip, is under investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the US Department of Labor agency responsible for overseeing workplace safety. The investigation, first revealed by the...

Corey Levitan July 5, 2023
F1 Vegas

Formula 1 Announces Las Vegas Grand Prix Dates for 2024

The asphalt is still months away from being poured for the debut Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Yet F1 on Wednesday morning announced Nov. 21-23, 2024, as the dates for its follow-up edition. “We have plenty of racing to look forward...

Corey Levitan July 5, 2023

Las Vegas Hotel Recycled Soap Has Viewers Crying ‘Nope’

Some viewers of a viral TikTok video are retching over the possibility that the soap they’ve used in Las Vegas hotel rooms was recycled. The video, from the channel Science Insider, shows the recycling process engineered by the Clean the World Foundation....

Corey Levitan July 5, 2023

VIDEO: Sphere’s External Display Makes Las Vegas Strip Debut on July 4th

Other than the skies over the resorts participating in the annual July 4th fireworks display, visitors to the Las Vegas Strip had something else to stare slack-jawed at on Tuesday night. And that was the official debut of the Sphere behind The...

Corey Levitan July 5, 2023

Siegfried & Roy’s Last Tigers and Lions Leave Las Vegas for Sanctuaries

The last surviving white tigers and lions belonging to magicians Siegfried & Roy have left Las Vegas. This leaves the Strip without a single exotic cat appearing, performing, or residing there for the first time since 1967. The animals were already relocated...

Corey Levitan July 3, 2023

Keith Urban FaceTimes Fan From Stage During Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Residency

One superfan of country crooner Keith Urban who couldn’t make his Las Vegas residency got it taken to her living room. During a segment of the show where the singer kneels on stage to talk to fans in the front row, an...

Corey Levitan July 3, 2023

Poker Legend Phil Hellmuth Wins 17th WSOP Bracelet

In one of the top moments of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) so far, poker legend Phil Hellmuth on Sunday won his 17th tournament bracelet, placing even more distance between himself and his closest rivals on the all-time bracelet list....

Corey Levitan July 3, 2023