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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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2397 stories by Corey Levitan

Las Vegas Tourism Slump Continued in September

New tourism and gaming win numbers released Wednesday confirms the widely held suspicion that Las Vegas’ tourism downturn is more than a case of the summertime blues. According to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), 8.8% fewer people visited in...

Corey Levitan October 29, 2025

F1 Partnership is Disney’s First Major Vegas Gamble

Disney is racing into Las Vegas after partnering with F1 for a race-themed, multiday experience "Fuel the Magic" will feature Disney characters, live performances, and merch The campaign will take place during next month's Las Vegas F1 race  The Walt Disney Company’s...

Corey Levitan October 29, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Foo Fighters to Invade Allegiant, True Lovato, Sphere Gets Slashed

Foo Fighters -- Dave Grohl’s wildly successful post-Nirvana band that spells its name with no “The” -- announced that their first stadium tour since 2023 will stop at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, September 26. The Foos recently released a new song, “Asking...

Corey Levitan October 28, 2025

NBA Announces Return to Las Vegas at Worst Possible Time

The NBA's Emirates Cup will return to Las Vegas in December The announcement comes less than a week after the league was rocked by betting scandals that allegedly involved current and former players, and a former coach Those accused reportedly passed nonpublic...

Corey Levitan October 28, 2025

Las Vegas Poker Player Accused of Running Illegal Brothel

Bing Du, a low-stakes Las Vegas poker tournament player, was arrested for allegedly running a brothel from within a local home Du was arrested while playing in a tournament in a Strip casino While prostitution is legal in parts of Nevada, it...

Corey Levitan October 28, 2025

Circus Circus Now Reportedly Renting Original Jay Sarno Suite to Public

In 1972, Caesars Palace founder Jay Sarno built a two-story suite for himself in his second Las Vegas property. It was located on the 14th and 15th floors of Circus Circus' first hotel tower. And that's where it still is. Since MGM...

Corey Levitan October 27, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: More Evidence that Zak Bagans is Full of Sh**

Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum in downtown Las Vegas claims to house a satanic six-string guitar The accursed acoustic axe is claimed to have caused the death of its 13-year-old owner by electrocution Once again, it appears that Bagans didn't let the facts...

Corey Levitan October 27, 2025

SPHERE OF THE UNKNOWN: Vegas Venue Now Hunting UFOs

At the same time new technology began helping thousands of fans inside the Sphere re-experience Dorothy dreaming of another world, new technology on top of the Sphere began tracking objects that might actually be from one. The Galileo Observatory -- designed by...

Corey Levitan October 26, 2025

Boyd to Demolish Eastside Cannery in Las Vegas

The Eastside Cannery, a Boulder Strip casino that has remained closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, will be demolished. "It has been more than five years since we closed Eastside Cannery, and there is not sufficient market demand to reopen...

Corey Levitan October 24, 2025

Las Vegas Antique Dealer Acquires Historic Casino Statues

When it opened, nine fountain statues greeted guests as they entered the original MGM Grand The statues were in place on Nov. 21, 1980 -- the day of the worst hotel fire in the US The fountain was removed during a renovation...

Corey Levitan October 24, 2025