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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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2097 stories by Corey Levitan

Two Vegas Restaurants Owned by Accused Piero’s Terrorizer Suddenly Close

Table 34 and Bramàre, two prominent off-Strip Las Vegas restaurants, have suddenly closed Both are co-owned by Evan Glusman, the man arrested on April 26 for threatening to shoot up his father's Las Vegas restaurant, Piero's  In the latest twist in the...

Corey Levitan May 6, 2025

Florida Gambling Bill Dies in Committee

Florida's HB147 has died in committee The wide-ranging gambling bill would have increased penalties for illegal gambling and bribing professional athletes, barred gaming regulators from employment in the gaming industry, and decoupled thoroughbred tracks from live racing The bill was seen as...

Corey Levitan May 6, 2025
Beyoncé is Sphereless, but she's not entirely fearless. (Image: X/@Beyonce)

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Beyonce is Sphereless, American Music Awards Giving Out Seats

Faced with a cease-and-desist letter from the Sphere,  Beyoncé dropped the globular wonder from a video screening during her current “Cowboy Carter” tour this week. In the video, a giant-size Queen Bey stomped through Las Vegas, picking up and playing with the...

Corey Levitan May 6, 2025

UPDATE: Las Vegas Mayor’s Announcement of 2nd Circa Casino Premature

UPDATE: Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley indeed announced that a new casino from Circa co-founder Derek Stevens was "in our future" during her first State of the City address. However, according to Vital Vegas, she shouldn't have. That is to say that...

Corey Levitan May 5, 2025

Burlesque Hall of Fame in Vegas Goes Bust, Blames Trump

A downtown fixture since 2006, the Burlesque Hall of Fame Museum will close in July Museum officials blame President Trump, saying  "recent economic and political events" have caused attendance to plummet Visitor traffic in Vegas dropped almost 8% in March, according to...

Corey Levitan May 5, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: $9 Billion Halo Megaresort to Replace Luxor & Excalibur

A recent news story announced that Luxor and Excalibur are undergoing demolition and will be replaced with a $9 billion, 1,000-foot resort The story, which featured AI-generated renderings, was immediately met with skepticism Debunked as an April Fool's prank, some people are...

Corey Levitan May 5, 2025

Las Vegas Sphere Threatens Beyoncé

Don’t expect that long-rumored Las Vegas Sphere residency from Beyoncé anytime soon ... or maybe ever. The Sphere just slapped Queen Bey with a cease-and-desist letter over a video clip featuring on her current tour. In the video -- which premiered during...

Corey Levitan May 2, 2025

VEGAS DINING NEWS: Influencer Mercilessly Trolled, New Health Closure

A social media influencer who reviews Las Vegas restaurants is being flame-broiled over her inappropriate enthusiasm for a literal tomato and lemon she was served at a French Mediterranean bistro at the Cosmopolitan. The dish, served as a free appetizer at LPM...

Corey Levitan May 2, 2025

Feds Add to Charges Faced by Las Vegas Casino Killer

Aerion Warmsley, the 19-year-old Las Vegas resident arrested by Las Vegas police for murdering a former Nevada state senator’s son at the Aliante Casino on March 27, now faces federal charges for the multiple carjackings and high-speed police chase that followed. According...

Corey Levitan May 2, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Hoover Dam Bodies

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes a new entry every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on July 22, 2022.  A surprising number of alternative facts about the world’s gambling capital continue to resonate across...

Corey Levitan May 2, 2025