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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 Reality Star Jamie Lopez Dies

Jamie Lopez, the star of the WE tv reality show Super Sized Salon and the founder of Las Vegas' Babydoll Beauty Couture salon, has died. She was only 37 years old. According to TMZ, she had been hospitalized in Las Vegas and died...

Corey Levitan December 19, 2022

Bugsy Siegel’s Murder Mansion Lists for $17M in Beverly Hills

The mansion where infamous mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was shot and killed 75 years ago has come on the market in Beverly Hills, Calif. The asking price for the 7-bedroom Spanish Colonial-style home at 810 N. Linden Drive is $17 million. It's...

Corey Levitan December 19, 2022

Twitter Users Share Mirage Las Vegas Memories in Emotional Goodbye

On Sunday, a day before MGM Resorts officially handed The Mirage over to Hard Rock International, the MGM’s Mirage Twitter account bade its followers adieu. It also asked them to reply with their most memorable moments spent there. Hundreds of replies were...

Corey Levitan December 19, 2022

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix to Offer Cheaper Race Experience

If you love Formula 1 racing, but not the idea of cashing in your retirement account to see it in person, the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix promises a less expensive option than even the previously announced $500 three-day passes. According to...

Corey Levitan December 16, 2022

Alan Keating Wins $1.16M Pot, Reportedly Biggest in US Livestream Poker History

Poker pro Alan Keating’s very first win on the Hustler Casino Live livestream included what Poker News is calling, “The biggest pot in US livestream poker history.” He scooped up $1.158M cash in heads-up action against the player known only as “Handz”  during...

Corey Levitan December 16, 2022

Steve Wynn Lists Manhattan Penthouse for $90M

Billionaire former casino mogul Steve Wynn has listed his New York City penthouse overlooking Central Park for $90 million. Located on the 30th and 31st floors of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and accessible only by a private elevator, the duplex spans 10,875 square...

Corey Levitan December 15, 2022

Poker Cheating Scandal Investigation Reveals its Findings

A nearly three-month investigation into one of the most controversial hands of poker ever played has concluded. But its findings, released on Wednesday morning, are less conclusive than most poker players and fans probably hoped. A 12-page report from High Stakes Poker...

Corey Levitan December 14, 2022

Las Vegas Casino Cage Robbed, Third in a Month

Police are searching for the man who robbed a casino cage at Henderson, Nev.’s Green Valley Ranch just before 9 p.m. on Monday. This is the area’s third casino cage robbery in just over a month, qualifying what Las Vegas is experiencing...

Corey Levitan December 14, 2022

Las Vegas Police: Woman Hid Rolex She Stole Inside Her Vagina

A woman accused of stealing a Rolex hid it inside her vagina to get away, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say. On Sunday, a man called police to his room at the Aria hotel when his $12K Rolex went missing while he cuddled...

Corey Levitan December 13, 2022

Las Vegas Uses Tomorrow’s Robots as Today’s Servers

Thanks to advances in technology, robots are making French fries, cleaning toilets, and verifying payroll. A robot even wrote this article. Just kidding about that last one (for now). But robots are performing many tasks you may not have realized, since most...

Corey Levitan December 13, 2022