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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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2277 stories by Corey Levitan

Popular Travel Influencer, 32, Dies in Las Vegas

Anunay Sood, a popular travel influencer based in Dubai, has died while working in Las Vegas, his family confirmed Thursday. According to Arab News, the 32-year-old content creator was on an all-expense-paid trip from which he was set to return home next...

Corey Levitan November 6, 2025

Caesars Palace Reopens Poker Room in Former Location

Caesars' poker room has returned to its proper place on the casino floor The room closed in 2024, and was operating in a temporary space since May 2025 The renovated room offers players more space, but two fewer tables than before Caesars...

Corey Levitan November 6, 2025

Bugsy Siegel’s Secret Flamingo Escape Route NOT a Vegas Myth After All

Notorious gangster Bugsy Siegel really could access a secret tunnel to escape his Flamingo penthouse if need be Photos of the tunnel, the ladder leading down to it from a trap door, and the garage it led to, were taken but never...

Corey Levitan November 6, 2025

UPDATE: Poker Pro Jordan Cristos Gets 14-48 Months for Multiple Threats

UPDATE: Poker Pro Jordan Cristos was sentenced Wednesday to 14 to 48 months in prison for threatening two high-profile figures in separate incidents: World Poker Tour CEO Adam Pliska and the family court judge overseeing his custody dispute with an ex-girlfriend. According...

Corey Levitan November 6, 2025

UPDATE: Vegas Officials Green-Light Parking Garage Right Next to Airport Fuel Tanks

UPDATE: Las Vegas officials voted on Wednesday to approve the construction of a six-story parking garage next to eight large fuel tanks at Harry Reid International Airport. The Clark County Commission said the garage can be built if developers meet safety and security...

Corey Levitan November 5, 2025

LOST VEGAS: The Imperial Palace Auto Collection

In 1971, Ralph Engelstad bought the rundown Flamingo Capri motel and slowly began transforming it into the Imperial Palace (IP) -- a high-rise casino with an Asian theme, a classic car museum, and a Hitler problem. (More on that last little detail...

Corey Levitan November 5, 2025

Vegas Sphere Teases ‘Wizard of Oz’ 2.0

How do you top a juggernaut like the reimagined “The Wizard of Oz” at the Las Vegas Sphere? With an even more reimagined version! On Sphere Entertainment’s third-quarter earnings call on November 4, executive chairman and CEO James Dolan hinted that “an...

Corey Levitan November 4, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Clarkson Reschedules, Morgan Wallen & AC/DC Returning to Allegiant, Punk Rock Bowling Skipping ’26, Jeezy Sets World Record

Kelly Clarkson plans another Vegas return Morgan Wallen will bring his problems back to Vegas next summer Punk Rock Bowling throws a gutter ball for 2025 Kelly Clarkson will bring her “Studio Sessions” tour back to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace for...

Corey Levitan November 3, 2025

Las Vegas to Get Waymo Robotaxis

Visitors to Las Vegas will soon have Waymo ways of getting around the Strip and surrounding areas Waymo, which has already tested in Vegas, says its self-driving taxis will be returning to Sin City next summer Waymo announced plans to debut in...

Corey Levitan November 3, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: What Happened in Room 123 at Circus Circus

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on July 10, 2023. A mother and son haunt Room 123 of the Circus Circus casino hotel, where she murdered him before...

Corey Levitan October 31, 2025