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Reporter: Corey Levitan

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers gaming news on the US West Coast, including 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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1169 stories by Corey Levitan

DJ Tiesto Pulls Out of Super Bowl, Replacement Announced

Just three days before Super Bowl LVIII, one of its key promised performers, DJ Tiesto, pulled out because of what he described on social media as “a personal family emergency." “Me and my team have been preparing something truly special for months,...

Corey Levitan February 8, 2024

Where the Super Bowl Winners Will Party in Las Vegas

The San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs have each chosen a Las Vegas site for their victory parties. TMZ has learned, because they always know everything, that the 49ers’ victory party will be at Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace, while the...

Corey Levitan February 8, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Mariah Returns, Christina Extends

Mariah Carey is staging her third Las Vegas residency, "Mariah Carey: The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas,” which will bring eight shows to Dolby Live at Park MGM from April 12 to 27. A press release announcing the tour stated...

Corey Levitan February 8, 2024

Celine Dion Sings Backstage at Grammys in New Video

By far the best performance at this year’s Grammy Awards was kept a secret until Tuesday night. That’s when R&B artist Sonyaé Elise posted this video to Instagram of her vamping and harmonizing on an unidentified gospel-style song with none other than...

Corey Levitan February 7, 2024

Anti-Abortion Activist Climbs Sphere in Las Vegas

A pro-life activist climbed to the top of the Sphere in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning. Maison Des Champs, a 23-year-old free-climber and anti-abortion activist who calls himself the “Pro-Life Spiderman,” free-climbed to the top of the 367-foot-tall concert venue, where he...

Corey Levitan February 7, 2024

Two Sportscasters Claim Super Bowl Will Regret Las Vegas Visit

What happens in Vegas will be a major news distraction that’s bad for the NFL, two Super Bowl sportscasters predicted this week. ESPN’s Joe Buck said that “something” will happen to distract the players and fans from the big game between the...

Corey Levitan February 7, 2024

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Las Vegas Super Bowl Hideout Revealed

Britain's The Daily Mail has leaked the location where America's most beloved celebrity couple will sleep the night before the Super Bowl. Or at least where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will try to sleep. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce...

Corey Levitan February 6, 2024

Las Vegas Mayor Throws Shade on A’s Move, Doubts Funds Are There

In a podcast uploaded on Tuesday, the mayor of Las Vegas cast serious doubt on the Oakland Athletics’ plan to relocate to Las Vegas. “I keep thinking there’s something wrong here, and maybe they're just waiting it out,” Carolyn Goodman told Front...

Corey Levitan February 6, 2024

Las Vegas Headliner and Nashville Icon Toby Keith Dies

Country music legend and Las Vegas mainstay Toby Keith died on Monday of stomach cancer at age 62. The news was announced via a statement posted to his website and social media accounts. Keith -- born Toby Keith Covel on July 8,...

Corey Levitan February 6, 2024

Teachers Union Lawsuit Swings at A’s Las Vegas Stadium Deal

The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA), the teachers union that unsuccessfully sought to put public funding for a new A’s ballpark in Las Vegas to a public vote last summer, is taking a second swing at the A's ballpark deal through the...

Corey Levitan February 5, 2024