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Reporter: Corey Levitan

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers gaming news on the US West Coast, including 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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1450 stories by Corey Levitan

UPDATE: Giant Naked Donald Trump Removed from Side of Las Vegas Freeway

UPDATE: The 43-foot-tall naked Donald Trump has been removed from the side of the I-15 Freeway near Las Vegas. According to its organizers, the political art installation, which the GOP calls "deplorable," is en route to other battleground states. EARLIER:  Donald Trump...

Corey Levitan October 1, 2024

Baseball Legend and Notorious Sports Bettor Pete Rose Dead at 83

Pete Rose, the baseball legend who did for sports betting what Edward Snowden did for whistleblowing, died at his Las Vegas home on Monday. He was 83. No cause of death has been determined yet. Rose, nicknamed “Charlie Hustle” for his habit...

Corey Levitan September 30, 2024

UPDATE: Health Department Shutters Bellagio Room Service Kitchen

UPDATE: Initially, the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) would only confirm our report, not go into any detail. On Monday, they got back to Casino.org with more detailed answers to our questions. The Bellagio Room Service Kitchen and Mangia Employee Dining Room...

Corey Levitan September 30, 2024

Las Vegas Loses One of Its Two Gay Boutique Hotels

The Bent Inn, an LGBTQ+-owned and operated boutique hotel that catered to the Las Vegas gay community, has closed after barely a year. Sam Novak of Vegas411 broke this story on social media. The Bent Inn opened in October 2023 at 207...

Corey Levitan September 30, 2024

Las Vegas to Complete Mass Shooting Memorial by 10th Anniversary

Las Vegas officials said Monday that a permanent memorial to the victims and survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history will be complete by the 10th anniversary of the Oct. 1, 2017 attack. The announcement was made one day...

Corey Levitan September 30, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Maroon 5 Extends, Adele Doesn’t, Green Day Blacklisted

Maroon 5 has extended its residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM into 2025, returning for eight dates in March. Maroon 5 initially planned to end its residency on January 20, but instead will return on March 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19,...

Corey Levitan September 30, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Circus Circus is Next on Implosion List

“Circus Circus is going to be sold, demolished, and they’re going to build a brand new megaresort --probably similar to Fontainebleau, Resorts World, Wynn, and Encore at the north end of the Strip.” The above words were uttered in a video made...

Corey Levitan September 30, 2024

Wynn Las Vegas Hosts Heartwarming Scene in New Will Ferrell Doc

A heartwarming scene in "Will & Harper” takes place at SW Steakhouse inside Wynn Las Vegas. Former “Saturday Night Live” star Will Ferrell and his best friend, Harper Steele, make a stop there while road-tripping  across the US in the new Netflix...

Corey Levitan September 28, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: New Kids’ Premature Determination, Scorpions, Heart, More

New Kids on the Block just added eight dates to their previously announced first Las Vegas residency, but further in advance than any act has ever announced Las Vegas dates before. The former boy band announced that its “The Right Stuff” stuff...

Corey Levitan September 27, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Las Vegas is in Imminent Danger of Running Out of Water

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 Jan. 13, 2023. Because of its proximity to Lake Mead, from which it gets 90% of its water, most...

Corey Levitan September 27, 2024