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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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1134 stories by Corey Levitan

Shania Twain Announces Third Las Vegas Residency

Shania Twain returns for her third Las Vegas Strip residency in May 2024, when the country superstar begins a 24-show stint at Planet Hollywood’s Bakkt Theater. “Shania Twain: Come On Over – The Las Vegas Residency – All The Hits!” will kick...

Corey Levitan August 15, 2023

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Venetian to be Daryl’s House, New NYE EDM Festival from EDC

Daryl Hall (of & Oates fame) brings his hugely popular “Live from Daryl’s House” show to The Venetian at 7:30 p.m. November 8. His special guest will be Todd Rundgren. The online music jam series has given a second wind to Hall's career. Tickets,...

Corey Levitan August 14, 2023

Hard Rock’s Center Bar May Return to Virgin Las Vegas

It looks as though the future of the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas may depend in no small part on its past. Cliff Atkinson -- the former Fontainebleau Las Vegas president who was installed last month as Virgin Hotels' new president -- says...

Corey Levitan August 13, 2023

Kendall Jenner Tends Bar at Wynn Las Vegas

If you happened into Casa Playa, Wynn Las Vegas’ Mexican food nightspot, on Wednesday night, Aug. 9, you might have recognized one of the bartenders. Kendall Jenner, the 27-year-old daughter of Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) and Kris Jenner, was on hand to mix...

Corey Levitan August 11, 2023

Sports Gambling Hall of Fame to Induct Mob Associate Lefty Rosenthal

One of the first honorees celebrated by the new Sports Gambling Hall of Fame wouldn't be able to attend the ceremony if he were still alive. The organization's first induction ceremony happens tonight, Friday, Aug. 11, at downtown Las Vegas’ Circa Resort...

Corey Levitan August 11, 2023

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 August 11, 2023

KISS OFF! Biloxi’s Long-Closed Margaritaville Casino Sells to Another Buyer

The Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant, which has sat empty on the waterfront in Biloxi, Miss. for nine years, was sold on Thursday, but not to the rock band KISS. According to the Sun Herald newspaper, the buyer is MIC, a company owned...

Corey Levitan August 10, 2023

Sneak Peek: Fontainebleau Las Vegas’ Dining & Nightlife Offerings

A trio of high-end restaurant and nightclub offerings will open along with the Fontainebleau in December 2023, according to Casino.org’s own Vital Vegas blog, The 67-story tower, the tallest building in Nevada, will be the first new casino resort on the Las...

Corey Levitan August 10, 2023

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Minogue Breaks Internet, Luke Bryan’s Final Dates, Corey Taylor Show

Kylie Minogue’s international fans not only scooped up all of the tickets, and the table and travel packages, for the Aussie superstar's first Las Vegas Strip residency within six hours of their going on sale Tuesday, they overwhelmed a website while doing...

Corey Levitan August 10, 2023

Culinary Union Workers at T-Mobile Arena to March on Las Vegas Strip

Las Vegas’ powerful Culinary Union says it expects thousands of its employees and their supporters to join a march down the Las Vegas Strip on Thursday, August 10 at 5:30 p.m. About 200 cocktail and banquet servers, dishwashers, cooks, and bartenders who...

Corey Levitan August 9, 2023