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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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1983 stories by Corey Levitan

Celebrity Million-Dollar Bets – The Top 10 All-Time Winners And Losers

Celebrities are known for earning huge amounts of money from the music, movies, TV shows, and sporting events they entertain us with. However, they are not necessarily known for doing smart things with that money, which also entertains us. Here are our...

Corey Levitan August 30, 2022

Formula 1 Las Vegas Presale Ticket Portal Goes Live

A ticketing pre-registration portal for the upcoming Las Vegas Formula 1 race goes live at 9 a.m. PST today (Monday, Aug. 29.) The portal will provide fans with a free chance to sign up for access to an exclusive presale event in...

Corey Levitan August 29, 2022

Dream’s Nightmare: Las Vegas Strip Neighbor Built Over New Resort’s Property Line

It was a potential nightmare for Dream Las Vegas, one of the next resorts to open on the Las Vegas Strip. Its next-door neighbor, the Pinball Hall of Fame arcade, has already built at least 8 feet over their shared property boundary...

Corey Levitan August 28, 2022

Las Vegas Concert to Commemorate 5th Anniversary of Oct. 1 Massacre

A music festival will commemorate the Las Vegas massacre on the 5th anniversary of the tragedy. The Remember Music Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 at the Clark County Amphitheater. Tickets are available now for $85 through the festival’s Eventbrite.com...

Corey Levitan August 26, 2022

Las Vegas Strip Fountains Could Be Banned Under New Proposal

The government body overseeing Las Vegas’ water supply announced it's “in the process of considering” a ban on all new man-made fountains and lakes on the Las Vegas Strip and everywhere else in the region. The ban, if voted through by the...

Corey Levitan August 26, 2022

Las Vegas Strip Pizzeria Sued For Serving Up Sexual Harassment

A once-undocumented immigrant is suing her former boss and employer, the pizza chain Sbarro, for allegedly being sexually assaulted by her manager on a regular basis. The alleged crimes took place at the pizzeria's former location at the Monte Carlo hotel (now...

Corey Levitan August 25, 2022

‘Nutcracker’ Immersive Experience to Project Holiday Cheer on Las Vegas Strip

If digital reproductions floating, winking, and then dissolving across screens all around you is how you prefer your Van Gogh paintings, then boy, does Lighthouse Immersive have a production of the ballet The Nutcracker for you. The developers of the Immersive Van...

Corey Levitan August 25, 2022

Lake Mead’s First Set of Recently Discovered Remains is Identified

The first set of human remains recently recovered from Lake Mead was identified Wednesday evening. The Clark County Coroner said they belong to Thomas Erndt of Las Vegas, who was 42 at the time of his reported drowning on Aug. 2, 2002....

Corey Levitan August 24, 2022

Lake Powell Water Loss Captured in Shocking New Photos

It’s one thing to know a water body vital to life as we know it is down to 26% capacity. But it is sobering to see it in actual photos, such as the satellite images released today by NASA of parts of...

Corey Levitan August 24, 2022
Bally's letters removed Las Vegas Striop

Bally’s Letters Removed From Las Vegas Strip

The letters B-A-L-L-Y-S were removed from the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday with surprisingly little ballyhoo. A photo revealed the historic revision tweeted by @HorseshoeLasVegas, the new property name occupying the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road. Caesars Entertainment...

Corey Levitan August 23, 2022