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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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2028 stories by Corey Levitan

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Vegas Vickie Originally Went by Sassy Sally

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on April 22, 2024. Vegas Vickie, Vegas Vic’s better neon half, is the victim of a salacious rumor that has...

Corey Levitan April 11, 2025

Jillian Lauren is 2nd Celebrity Wife Charged with Attempted Murder Tied to TV’s ‘Ghost Adventures’

Victoria Goodwin wasn't the only celebrity wife charged with attempted murder tied to "Ghost Adventures" Jillian Lauren Shriner, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, visited the TV show to talk all about murder last year Before Victoria Goodwin, wife of “Ghost Adventures”...

Corey Levitan April 10, 2025

When One Las Vegas Strip Club Closes, Another One Opens

Centerfolds, the Las Vegas strip club, closed on Tuesday and will reopen as a different strip club three days later Player's Strip Club & Sports Bar will feature a TV wall of sports action Most people don't enter strip clubs to watch...

Corey Levitan April 10, 2025

Gary Green Acquires Say When Casino at Colossal Lithium Site

Casino developer Gary Green has purchased the Say When casino in the remote border town of McDermitt, Nev. He plans to quintuple its gaming space and add a hotel, entertainment complex and more The property sits adjacent to what is projected to...

Corey Levitan April 9, 2025

Vegas Sphere Teams with Google AI to Bring Dorothy Home

The Sphere is using Google AI to bring 1939's "The Wizard of Oz" to its 160K square-foot wraparound screen  Instead of showing them in close-ups, the film will mostly keep the beloved characters on screen together, making the experience more like watching...

Corey Levitan April 9, 2025

Vegas Prosecutor Reduces Charges Against Celebrity Ghost Hunter’s Wife

Victoria Goodwin, wife of "Ghost Adventures" star Aaron Goodwin, was arrested last month on charges of soliciting murder and conspiracy to commit murder  Prosecutors dropped one of the charges Tuesday Prosecutors have dropped one of two charges against Victoria Goodwin, the wife...

Corey Levitan April 8, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Eagles Extend Long Run, Papa Roach Get Carried (Underwood) Away

Eagle fly on at Sphere Carrie (goes) on with Papa Roach All that jazz in Vegas The Eagles have added eight more shows to their Sphere residency: October 3, 4, 10, 11, and 31, and November 1, 7, and 8. But despite...

Corey Levitan April 8, 2025

Minecraft Player Re-Creates Las Vegas Strip in Game

A mysterious YouTuber named Bubbaflubba has re-created the Strip in jaw-dropping digital detail Strangely, he mispronounces one of the key casino resorts, suggesting he has never actually visited the town he's making himself famous for digitally re-creating. A Minecraft player has digitally...

Corey Levitan April 7, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: He Who Feeds the Slot Wins the Pot

Many people assume that the person who funds a slot machine spin gets to collect any resulting jackpot  Those people are wrong According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the winner is the person who presses the button or pulls the lever...

Corey Levitan April 7, 2025

David Siegel, Owner of Westgate Las Vegas Casino, Dies at 89

David Siegel, the founder and CEO of Westgate Resorts, has died at the age of 89. The company announced his death Saturday morning via social media. No cause was given, but reports indicate that he had been battling cancer at home in...

Corey Levitan April 5, 2025