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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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2028 stories by Corey Levitan

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

Hunter Biden Apparently Shown In New Laptop Photos Driving 172 mph to Las Vegas Orgy

Hunter Biden apparently photographed himself driving 172 mph to Las Vegas, according to newly released photos purported to be from his infamous abandoned laptop. According to a photo taken of the dashboard of his silver Porsche on Aug. 1, 2018, Hunter was...

Corey Levitan July 2, 2023
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A’s or ABC’s? Teachers Union Seeks to Unwind Public Funding for Athletics’ Las Vegas Stadium

The union representing Nevada’s teachers wants to stop the Oakland A’s from getting the $380 million in public funding the state's legislature and governor already approved to build their planned new stadium in Las Vegas. The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA), which...

Corey Levitan June 29, 2023

Cirque Performer Reportedly Injured During ‘O’ Show in Las Vegas

An acrobat in Cirque du Soleil’s “O” show at Bellagio was injured during the 9:30 p.m. performance on Wednesday, June 28, according to multiple reports. “Laying motionless following the injury, full medical staff came out, show halted,” reported Casino.org’s own Vital Vegas...

Corey Levitan June 29, 2023

Brightline Wins $25M Grant to Build Vegas-SoCal High-Speed Rail Stations

The high-speed train that Brightline West has proposed to connect Las Vegas and Southern California chugged another step closer to reality this week. On Wednesday, the US Department of Transportation announced it had awarded $25 million for the construction of passenger stations...

Corey Levitan June 29, 2023

Ex-NFL Star Kroy Biermann Sued Over Alleged $52.5k Casino Debt

Former NFL and reality TV star Kroy Biermann is being sued for $52.5K in gambling debt he allegedly accrued at the Baha Mar Casino in the Bahamas. Sky Warrior, the company that apparently handles the credit lines for Baha Mar, claims it...

Corey Levitan June 28, 2023