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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

Tribal Nation Expands Las Vegas Massacre Holdings with Shuttered Motel

The Three Affiliated Tribes is growing its macabre holdings surrounding the site of the Las Vegas Massacre. The North Dakota tribal nation is reportedly in the process of purchasing an abandoned motel called the White Sands. Owned by the estate of Spartaco...

Corey Levitan February 9, 2023

Mark Wahlberg, New Las Vegas Resident, Shooting Movie at Aria

It’s not exactly the Hollywood 2.0 Mark Wahlberg promised to remake Las Vegas into when he moved to town last August. But it's something. A movie starring Wahlberg is currently filming for Apple TV on the Las Vegas Strip. For the past...

Corey Levitan February 9, 2023

WNBA Investigating Las Vegas Aces for Multiple Allegations: Reports

The WNBA is investigating disturbing allegations made by Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby. She is claiming that her former team, defending champions the Las Vegas Aces, bullied and manipulated her for being pregnant, the league said in a statement Wednesday. The...

Corey Levitan February 8, 2023

Billy Walters, Sports Betting Legend (and Ex-Con), to Publish Autobiography

Billy Walters – who has been called "the Michael Jordan of sports betting" – will publish his first book, "Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk," on August 15, it was announced Wednesday by Simon & Schuster. Cowritten with award-winning journalist Armen...

Corey Levitan February 8, 2023

Las Vegas Votes to Lock in F1 Grand Prix on Strip Through 2032

Officials in Las Vegas have approved the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix as an annual event for at least 10 more years. The unanimous 7-0 vote on Tuesday by the Clark County Commission – which waives traffic ordinances that prevent the...

Corey Levitan February 8, 2023

Poker World Freaks Over Heads-Up Tourney Surrender

Here’s one you don’t see every day. William Pinkerton – a heads-up player in a $400 buy-in tournament held last week at the Potomac Winter Poker Open at MGM National Harbor in Maryland – was down 6-to-1 to Jacob Mitich, with at...

Corey Levitan February 7, 2023

Filling Lake Mead with Mississippi River Water No Longer a Pipe Dream

Despite recent rains, the water level in Lake Mead – which supplies Las Vegas with 90% of its water – was 1,046.94 feet above sea level on Feb. 2. That’s only 28% of its full capacity. And cutting water use, even drastically,...

Corey Levitan February 7, 2023

VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Gordon Ramsay, New Echo & Rig, Expanding into Liberace, More

Gordon Ramsay made what was billed as a surprise appearance on February 4 at his "Hell’s Kitchen" in Caesars Palace. It celebrated the fifth anniversary of the first of his five US locations for the restaurant brand. While the exact timing of...

Corey Levitan February 7, 2023

‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor Arraigned for Sex with Minors

Nathan Chasing Horse – a former actor who starred in the movie Dances With Wolves – was arraigned Monday in Las Vegas. He faces felony charges that he sexually abused and trafficked Indigenous women and underage girls. The 46-year-old member of the...

Corey Levitan February 6, 2023

Las Vegas Eyes Second Major Airport to Open 2037

Harry Reid International Airport hosted a record high of 52.6 million passengers in 2022, according to figures it released on Monday. That shatters its previous record of 51.5 million, set in 2019, representing nearly 13 million more travelers and a 32.6 percent...

Corey Levitan February 6, 2023