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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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2174 stories by Corey Levitan

Zac Brown’s Las Vegas Sphere Residency Accused of Satanism

The Zac Brown Band’s handlers may believe in that old saw, “all publicity is good publicity.” Still, the headline that most acts hope to generate when they open a music residency at the Las Vegas Sphere isn't 'Country Music Star Accused of...

Corey Levitan December 7, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Prostitution is Legal in Las Vegas

EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 19, 2022. It is the most widely read of all 174 articles in this series so far.  Yes, that billboard truck pulling...

Corey Levitan December 5, 2025

Bingo Returning to Las Vegas Strip After More than a Decade

Grandmas, grab your daubers. You’re wanted in Las Vegas again. Circus Circus is bringing bingo back to the Strip for the first time in more than a decade. The games will start mid-February 2026 in a 225-seat hall in on the casino’s...

Corey Levitan December 4, 2025

Miniature Model of Las Vegas A’s Stadium on Display in Season Ticket Sales Office

Future Las Vegas A's fans can view a model of the team's proposed new stadium on the Strip While visiting the exhibition, fans can also buy season tickets to attend games in the real stadium -- should it actually be built A...

Corey Levitan December 4, 2025

Scorsese Returning to Vegas Casino Floor for New Netflix Drama

Exactly 30 years after Martin Scorsese immortalized Las Vegas in “Casino,” the legendary director is headed back to the tables -- this time in partnership with Netflix. The streamer has given a straight‑to‑series order for an eight‑episode drama created by “Billions” co‑creators...

Corey Levitan December 3, 2025

Man Indicted for Assaulting TSA and Police at Las Vegas Airport

Jhon Raul Vizcaino Ramirez is facing federal charges after allegedly attacking TSA personnel and Las Vegas police officers at Harry Reid International Vizcaino Ramirez reportedly resisted arrest after trying to board a flight using another passenger's ticket A federal grand jury has...

Corey Levitan December 3, 2025

Sports Cybersecurity Firm Teams Up with Resorts World Las Vegas

Resorts World Las Vegas is stepping up its cybersecurity game The Strip property is partnering with Acronis to help safeguard critical systems and data Acronis, the cybersecurity company known for protecting more than 40 professional sports teams worldwide from cyberattacks, announced Wednesday...

Corey Levitan December 3, 2025

LOST VEGAS: The Stardust Drive‑In

It’s difficult to believe today, but land along the Las Vegas Strip was once inexpensive enough to support a drive‑in theater. For nearly two decades before high-rises dominated the skyline, families could pay 50 cents to pull into a parking lot, grab...

Corey Levitan December 3, 2025

VEGAS DINING NEWS: Chase High-End Grub at New Airport Lounge, Red Rock Food Court Bloodbath

Chase your hunger away at Harry Reid's newest lounge/eatery Red Rock changes up its menu of food court restaurants Morimoto reopening at MGM Grand Travelers passing through Harry Reid International’s C gates now have a new culinary escape. Located post-security in Terminal...

Corey Levitan December 2, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Bruno Getting a Street, Plus Hilary Duff, Phish, B-52s, ACMs & More

All roads lead to Bruno Mars at Park MGM Hillary Duff will hold a Valentine's Day love-in at Venetian Phish and the B-52s will resume their respective Vegas residencies Based on a Clark County permit filing sleuthed by the “Five Hundy By...

Corey Levitan December 2, 2025