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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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2172 stories by Corey Levitan

Kendall Jenner Tends Bar at Wynn Las Vegas

If you happened into Casa Playa, Wynn Las Vegas’ Mexican food nightspot, on Wednesday night, Aug. 9, you might have recognized one of the bartenders. Kendall Jenner, the 27-year-old daughter of Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) and Kris Jenner, was on hand to mix...

Corey Levitan August 11, 2023

Sports Gambling Hall of Fame to Induct Mob Associate Lefty Rosenthal

One of the first honorees celebrated by the new Sports Gambling Hall of Fame wouldn't be able to attend the ceremony even if he were still alive. The organization's first induction ceremony happens tonight, Friday, Aug. 11, at downtown Las Vegas’ Circa...

Corey Levitan August 11, 2023

KISS OFF! Biloxi’s Long-Closed Margaritaville Casino Sells to Another Buyer

The Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant, which has sat empty on the waterfront in Biloxi, Miss. for nine years, was sold on Thursday, but not to the rock band KISS. According to the Sun Herald newspaper, the buyer is MIC, a company owned...

Corey Levitan August 10, 2023

Sneak Peek: Fontainebleau Las Vegas’ Dining & Nightlife Offerings

A trio of high-end restaurant and nightclub offerings will open along with the Fontainebleau in December 2023, according to Casino.org’s own Vital Vegas blog, The 67-story tower, the tallest building in Nevada, will be the first new casino resort on the Las...

Corey Levitan August 10, 2023

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Minogue Breaks Internet, Luke Bryan’s Final Dates, Corey Taylor Show

Kylie Minogue’s international fans not only scooped up all of the tickets, and the table and travel packages, for the Aussie superstar's first Las Vegas Strip residency within six hours of their going on sale Tuesday, they overwhelmed a website while doing...

Corey Levitan August 10, 2023

Culinary Union Workers at T-Mobile Arena to March on Las Vegas Strip

Las Vegas’ powerful Culinary Union says it expects thousands of its employees and their supporters to join a march down the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, August 10 at 5:30 p.m. About 200 cocktail and banquet servers, dishwashers, cooks, and bartenders who...

Corey Levitan August 9, 2023

Tiger Woods’ PopStroke Golf Announces Las Vegas Tee Off

Tiger Woods’ PopStroke golf is headed to Las Vegas. According to a news release, ground will be broken on August 16 for the miniature golf and entertainment experience at the Town Square shopping and dining complex just south of the Las Vegas...

Corey Levitan August 8, 2023

Tuned-up Pete Davidson to Bring Laughs to Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

Comedian Pete Davidson will perform standup at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Sat., September 23. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, August 11 via Ticketmaster. Davidson will be fresh from a stint in a Pennsylvania rehab that he checked...

Corey Levitan August 8, 2023

Whale of a Freakout Blackens Eye of Major Las Vegas Strip Casino

A tantrum reportedly thrown by a vengeful high roller this weekend has resulted in a very public black eye for a major Las Vegas Strip casino and a probable major rethink of the perks it extends to its VI-ist of its VIPs...

Corey Levitan August 7, 2023

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Kylie Minogue’s Expensive Experience Package, Bruno Mars Extends Through New Year’s Eve

The Venetian is now selling travel-package experiences to fans of Kylie Minogue, whose previously announced residency there runs from November 3 to Jan. 27, 2024. The packages, available now through VoltaireLV.com, run from $2,500 to $3,500. All include a table at the...

Corey Levitan August 7, 2023