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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

Arab-American Council Demands Extradition of Israeli Official Arrested in Vegas for Pedophilia

An Israeli government official was arrested for alleged pedophilia earlier this month in Las Vegas Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was allowed to return to Israel following his arrest The Council on American Islamic Relations filed a federal FOIA and a Nevada Public Record...

Corey Levitan August 20, 2025

LOST VEGAS: The O.G. ‘Wizard of Oz’ Display

The Venetian is promoting the reimagined "Wizard of Oz" film opening at the Sphere later this month The MGM Grand, however, is the first Vegas hotel to lay out the yellow brick road for visitors with its original "Wizard of Oz" themed...

Corey Levitan August 20, 2025

Un falso Justin Bieber engaña al Wynn Las Vegas y logra actuar en el escenario

Un imitador de Justin Bieber consiguió subirse al escenario del popular XS Nightclub en el Encore Las Vegas el sábado por la noche, y tras lograr actuar, se ha generado un intenso debate sobre cómo mejorar los protocolos de seguridad en Las...

Corey Levitan August 19, 2025

Woman Accused of Mowing Down Las Vegas Strip Pedestrians in 2015 Pleads Guilty

Nearly 10 years after driving her car into 38 pedestrians along the Vegas Strip, Lakeisha Holloway has pleaded guilty to charges filed in connection with the incident Holloway pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree murder and a charge of battery with...

Corey Levitan August 19, 2025

Fake Justin Bieber Fools Wynn Las Vegas into Letting Him Perform

A Justin Bieber impersonator talked his way onto the stage at XS Nightclub at Encore Las Vegas on Saturday night, and his performance has sparked discussions about how to improve security protocols in Las Vegas. With the same tattoos, confident swagger and...

Corey Levitan August 18, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Women Shouldn’t Wear Red in Casinos

The author of "Why Shouldn't a Woman Wear Red in a Casino?" claims that infrared security cameras can see through sheer or thin red garments on the casino floor A well-known casino security expert calls BS Some women won’t bet on red...

Corey Levitan August 18, 2025

Heavy Metal Star Lists Las Vegas Castle for $28M

Most people wouldn’t recognize Zoltan Bathory if he passed them in a grocery store. He’s not a reality TV fixture or a household name. Yet his loud heavy-metal band band, Five Finger Death Punch, has quietly amassed more than 12 billion streams...

Corey Levitan August 17, 2025
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Las Vegas Resorts Beat Price-Fixing Suit Over Shared Software

Wynn Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and Treasure Island beat a consumer class action lawsuit Friday, as the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld a lower-court dismissal of claims that the Las Vegas casino companies conspired to fix hotel rates using...

Corey Levitan August 17, 2025

Senior Israeli Official Arrested in Las Vegas Child Solicitation Sting

An official with the Israeli government's cybersecurity division was arrested in Las Vegas on charges of attempting to solicit a minor online The arrest, part of a sting that netted eight suspects, occurred while Tom Alexandrovich, 38, was attending the annual Black...

Corey Levitan August 16, 2025

Alleged Bank Robbers Head to Casino With Stolen Loot

Two suspects were arrested at an Arizona casino, where they were spending the money they had literally just robbed from an area bank Michael Dino Peraino, 63, and Tyler Michael Thyaer, 31, were arrested by local police on on charges of armed...

Corey Levitan August 15, 2025