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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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2027 stories by Corey Levitan

Circa Las Vegas to Host ‘World’s Largest Slot Party’

Circa Resort & Casino in downtown Las Vegas will host a full-day slot tournament on July 19. It's promoting “Slotapalooza” as “the world’s largest slot party.” The tournament will include $20K in free play and free player merchandise. Starting at 7 pm,...

Corey Levitan June 11, 2025

Reality Star Cited for Battery After Las Vegas Casino Fight

Reality TV star Tarek El Moussa was cited for battery after allegedly kneeing another man unconscious The victim allegedly "got out of line" with El Moussa's 77-year-old father, witnesses told TMZ The altercation occurred at the Venetian, where El Moussa had traveled...

Corey Levitan June 11, 2025

Athletics Set Groundbreaking Date for Vegas Stadium — With Most Financing Still Not in Place

The Athletics have set a groundbreaking ceremony date for their new Las Vegas Strip stadium The project may not get built because the large majority of its funding is still not in place after nearly two years of soliciting shares in the...

Corey Levitan June 10, 2025

Bellagio Fountains Assassin Claims He Shot in Self-Defense

Manuel "SinCity-Mannywise" Ruiz faces murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing rival vlogger Rodney "Finny Da Legend" Finley and his wife outside the Bellagio on Saturday night The two vloggers reportedly had a long-running feud that led to previous confrontations Ruiz claims...

Corey Levitan June 10, 2025

UFO Cover-up About Nevada’s Area 51 Exposed … But It’s Not What You Think

A congressionally ordered 2023 investigation revealed shocking new evidence of a government cover-up about Area 51, the secret US Air Force Base operating 81 miles northwest of Las Vegas since 1955. Only what was covered up, according to investigators, is that the...

Corey Levitan June 10, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Flu Turn Scotches Rod Residency, Resorts World Takes a Chance on ABBA

Rod Stewart is getting more practice canceling concerts lately than playing them. His spree of disappointment began just three hours before the June 1 show in in his ongoing second Caesars Palace residency was scheduled to start. Stewart announced on Instagram that...

Corey Levitan June 9, 2025

UPDATE: Bellagio Fountains Assassin ID’ed, Livestream Footage Shows Him Killing Rival YouTuber and his Partner

Las Vegas police have identified the man who shot two people to death in front of the Bellagio on Sunday night The two men were YouTube vloggers who had a yearlong beef The intended target's female partner was also murdered after attempting...

Corey Levitan June 9, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The End of the Penny Means the End of Penny Slots

The demise of the one-cent US coin in 2026 will not end penny slots These machines will simply be recalibrated to five-cent increments More importantly, penny slots actually ended in the 1960s The US Treasury’s plan to phase out the penny starting...

Corey Levitan June 9, 2025

WrestleMania to Stomp Back into Vegas

WrestleMania will return to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on April 18 and 19, 2026. The announcement comes a month after WWE announced that the last iteration, WrestleMania 41, was “the most-successful and highest-grossing event in company history.” Paul Michael Levesque, WWE’s...

Corey Levitan June 7, 2025

Vegas Airport Warns Rideshare Passengers How to Stay Safe

Las Vegas Airport has installed signs at its rideshare pickup points The signs suggest steps by which passengers can ensure they're they're entering the right vehicle The signs were provided in partnership with the What's My Name Foundation, established by the parents...

Corey Levitan June 6, 2025