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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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1394 stories by Corey Levitan

Record Number of West Nile-Infected Mosquitos Plague Las Vegas

Las Vegas is buzzing in a bad way right now. The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) has positively identified more than 3,000 mosquitos infected with West Nile virus. That’s the highest level of infectious mosquitos in the known history of Las Vegas....

Corey Levitan June 12, 2024

With No More Goodmans to Elect, Las Vegas Will Have a Mayoral Runoff

With no more Goodmans to elect for mayor, the voting residents of the city of Las Vegas were stumped at the polls on Tuesday. While 13 candidates ran in the nonpartisan primary to become Sin City's next big cheese, none received more...

Corey Levitan June 12, 2024

Celine Dion Will FOR SURE Return to Vegas Stage

We don’t know the date, but we know there is one in mind. Hoda Kotb revealed the bombshell on the “Today” show Tuesday morning, telling her co-hosts that, when she asked Celine Dion when she would return to the stage, something wonderfully...

Corey Levitan June 11, 2024

VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Mysterious Exit #2 for Famed Bellagio Chef, Vegas Beardless Again, More!

Chef Roy Ellamar’s surprise 2021 departure from Harvest by Roy Ellamar -- the much-celebrated, Hawaiian-tinged fresh American dining spot he opened at the Bellagio six years earlier -- has never been satisfactorily explained. Now, under similarly mysterious circumstances, Ellamar has left another...

Corey Levitan June 11, 2024

ESCALATING SITUATION: Drunken Vegas Tourist Assaults Man While Attempting to Ascend Down Escalator

A video that went viral this weekend appears to show an assault perpetrated by a man attempting to ascend a down escalator from a pedestrian walkway crossing the Las Vegas Strip. Posted by the Twitter news source Las Vegas Locally on Friday,...

Corey Levitan June 10, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Vegas Heat Melts Traffic Lights

In the midst of this weekend’s 110-degree Las Vegas heat, a photo of a melting traffic light made the social media rounds. The photo was posted on June 6 by the Facebook group Sin City Las Vegas Locals, where it earned 33,000...

Corey Levitan June 10, 2024

Trump Tells Vegas Crowd He’ll Dump Taxes on Casino Tips

At an excruciatingly hot Las Vegas campaign rally on Sunday, Donald Trump proposed eliminating the taxes currently levied by the IRS on tips. “When I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips,” Trump told thousands of his...

Corey Levitan June 9, 2024

UPDATE: George Lopez Fires Back at Tribal Casino Where He Cut Show Short

UPDATE: George Lopez has fired back at the Eagle Mountain Casino, releasing the following statement through a spokesperson: “It’s the venue or casino’s job to provide a good experience for both the artist and the fans, but the casino failed in this...

Corey Levitan June 9, 2024

Most Valuable Las Vegas Casino Chips

When Las Vegas casinos close, their chips lose their cash value. But their collectible value often increases. That’s why plain old $25 chips from the Tropicana are selling for $50 on eBay right now. In the case of one very rare chip,...

Corey Levitan June 7, 2024

Fontainebleau Bets $112.5M on 5 More Las Vegas Strip Acres

The owner and developer of the Fontainebleau Las Vegas plans to expand its footprint. Jeffrey Soffer seeks to buy 5 additional acres, just south of his casino resort on the Strip, for $112.5 million. The Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA)...

Corey Levitan June 7, 2024