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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

Nicolas Cage Mourns ‘Devastating’ Loss Of Ex-Wife Lisa Marie Presley

Nicolas Cage says he’s “heartbroken” over the death of his ex-wife, Lisa Marie Presley. Elvis Presley's only child died of cardiac arrest on Thursday, Jan. 12, after being rushed to an L.A. hospital. She was only 54. Cage, who was married to...

Corey Levitan January 14, 2023

Las Vegas Remembers Lisa Marie Presley

The late Lisa Marie Presley was honored Thursday night in the town once ruled by her daddy. Following news of the singer-songwriter's death from a heart attack at age 54, fans left flowers and candles outside the Graceland Wedding Chapel, along with...

Corey Levitan January 13, 2023

Lisa Marie Presley, Only Child of Elvis, Dies of Cardiac Arrest

Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of late music legend Elvis Presley, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a heart attack. The singer-songwriter was 54. “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter...

Corey Levitan January 12, 2023

Poker World Mourns Las Vegas Mainstay Hank Yang

The poker world is reeling from the loss of Hank Yang, a member of the high-stakes community for more than a decade. His death was announced on Twitter on Wednesday by fellow poker pro Jesse Segall, who called Yang “The most generous/friendly...

Corey Levitan January 12, 2023

Westgate Las Vegas Celebrates Austin Butler’s ‘Elvis’ Golden Globe

After actor Austin Butler won a Golden Globe on Tuesday night, what happened in Vegas was a celebration fit for a king. The next morning, the Westgate, the casino hotel where Elvis Presley headlined from 1969 to 1976 – and where he...

Corey Levitan January 12, 2023

Jeff Beck, Guitar God with Las Vegas Ties, Dies at 78

Jeff Beck – a guitar virtuoso who influenced multiple generations of rock stars and pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz, and rock ‘n’ roll – has died. He was 78. Beck died Tuesday after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis,” his representatives said in...

Corey Levitan January 11, 2023

Universal Parks to Open Year-Round Las Vegas Horror Experience

Universal Parks is opening a year-round take on its "Halloween Horror Nights" in Las Vegas, and it promises to be even more of a nightmare than the Southwest Airlines gates at Harry Reid were over Christmas. Universal’s new horror experience will be...

Corey Levitan January 11, 2023

Adele’s Las Vegas Residency Uses Seat-Fillers, But Not for the Reason You Think

The Sun recently reported that superstar singer Adele was secretly employing “seat-fillers” to mask empty seats at her Caesars Palace residency. Quoting unnamed “insiders at the Colosseum” with the scoop, the British tabloid asserted that some performances aren’t drawing a full audience,...

Corey Levitan January 11, 2023

Shuttered Las Vegas Gentlemen’s Club Euphoric Sues Rapper Blueface

A Las Vegas gentlemen’s club has filed a lawsuit against rapper Blueface for his part in an October 2022 shooting that resulted in the closure of the business, according to KLAS-TV, the first to view the court documents. The owner of Euphoric...

Corey Levitan January 11, 2023

Former Playboy Model Sentenced for 2019 Las Vegas Murder

A former Playboy model was sentenced on Tuesday for the 2019 killing of a California psychiatrist. The murder was done in conjunction with her boyfriend, who left the body in the desert. District Judge Carli Kierny sentenced Kelsey Turner, 29, to between 10...

Corey Levitan January 11, 2023