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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

Israeli Official Arrested in Vegas Child Sex Sting Appears in Court (Via Zoom)

Tom Alexandrovich, the Israeli official arrested in Las Vegas in a child sex sting last month, appeared in court for the first time Wednesday. He appeared remotely via Zoom before Henderson Justice Court Chief Judge Barbara Schifalacqua, who approved the virtual arraignment...

Corey Levitan September 3, 2025

LOST VEGAS: 5 Design Details You Didn’t Notice Go Away

The Las Vegas Strip is always changing in ways that many people may never notice Many once-popular attractions and public spaces have quietly been removed or replaced, often in the name of increasing profits Everyone notices the major ways the Las Vegas...

Corey Levitan September 3, 2025

Desmontando mitos sobre Las Vegas: Las mujeres no debían vestir de rojo en los casinos

El autor de “¿Por qué no debería una mujer vestir de rojo en un casino?” afirma que las cámaras de seguridad infrarrojas pueden ver a través de prendas rojas finas o transparentes en el suelo del casino. Un conocido experto en seguridad...

Corey Levitan September 3, 2025

Caesars Ent. Offers 2 Nights at Low-Tier Vegas Resorts for $300 with $200 Food Credit

Caesars Entertainment on Monday announced a promotion that makes Las Vegas appear more accessible to all. For $300 through the end of 2025, guests will receive a two-night stay at Harrah’s, the Linq or the Flamingo, plus $200 in food and beverage...

Corey Levitan September 2, 2025
The Venetian

Layoffs at The Venetian Las Vegas Raise More Questions

UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Venetian emailed Casino.org on September 12, stating that this story was incorrect. "Over the past weeks, we've onboarded more than 50 new team members," wrote Devin Deatherage of Kirvin-Doak Communications. "Departures are part of the course of...

Corey Levitan September 2, 2025

SPHERE-IOUSLY JUDY: A Major Las Vegas Stage Career Extended by New “Wizard of Oz”

Judy Garland had a long and storied career performing in Las Vegas She first performed in town at age 9 as part of the Gumm Sisters act in 1926 After her movie career cooled, she headlined various showrooms throughout town until her...

Corey Levitan September 2, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Tunnel Howard Hughes Built to Connect Desert Inn & Frontier

After acquiring both the Desert Inn -- his home from late 1966 through late 1970 -- and the Frontier in 1967, billionaire Howard Hughes is said to have had a private tunnel constructed beneath Las Vegas Boulevard so he could move between...

Corey Levitan September 1, 2025
The Venetian

Venetian Las Vegas Sues Company for $2M Event Cancellation Fee

The Venetian Resort has filed a nearly $2 million lawsuit against QTLST Management and Shawn Copeland, claiming the media management company and its CEO breached a contract for a corporate event that the Las Vegas casino resort had to cancel earlier this...

Corey Levitan August 29, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: You Can Drink However and Wherever You Want on the Strip

EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 26, 2024. The sipping of frozen cocktails from 3-liter tubes -- a common sight along the Strip and Fremont Street downtown --...

Corey Levitan August 29, 2025

Piles of Cremated Human Remains Found in Desert Outside Las Vegas

Numerous piles of cremated human remains have been found on federal land in Searchlight, Nev. The piles were illegally dumped on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management Authorities are investigating the source of the illegal dumping More than 100 piles...

Corey Levitan August 28, 2025