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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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2431 stories by Corey Levitan

Mike Tyson Rumored to Appear at WrestleMania 41 in Vegas

WrestleCon announced on Tuesday that boxing icon Mike Tyson will make his first appearance at the annual professional wrestling convention, which returns to Las Vegas this year for only the third time in its 12-year history. Of course, WrestleCon, to be held...

Corey Levitan February 4, 2025

Cirque Du Soleil to Debut Temporary Las Vegas Exhibit

There are no contortionists or acrobats in the next Las Vegas show from Cirque du Soleil -- just lot of sitting still in an exhibit hall. “Stories from Backstage: Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas,” produced in collaboration with the city’s Neon...

Corey Levitan January 31, 2025

WWE Announces WrestleMania 41 Wraparound Events in Vegas

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced Friday a trio of wraparound events for its first WrestleMania in Las Vegas since 1993. SmackDown, NXT Stand and Deliver, and Raw will occupy T-Mobile Arena in the days surrounding WrestleMania 41 at Allegiant Stadium. "Raw" welcomes...

Corey Levitan January 31, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Tiger Attack Wasn’t Siegfried & Roy’s Fault

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 Oct. 9, 2023.  What happened at Siegfried & Roy's infamous final show 20 years ago last week -- which ended...

Corey Levitan January 31, 2025

What to Bring Back to Las Vegas From its Classic Past — Poll

Our friends at the Las Vegas Advisor (LVA) website on Thursday published the results of a poll asking readers what they would bring back to Las Vegas from its glory days, if they were in charge. Not surprisingly, the Top 10 vote-getters...

Corey Levitan January 30, 2025

Nevada Supreme Court Backs Backstreet Boy Nick Carter’s Defamation Case

The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a lower-court ruling Tuesday that Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys was likely defamed and can move forward with a countersuit against his rape accuser. In a 2017 blog post, Melissa Schuman claimed she was raped by...

Corey Levitan January 29, 2025

We All Scream for This Vegas Museum

Here’s a scoop for you … The Museum of Ice Cream (MOIC) plans to open its seventh permanent location in Las Vegas in 2026. The experience, which Business Insider called “a Willy Wonka factory come to life that you won’t want to...

Corey Levitan January 28, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Tom Jones & Katy Perry Return (Not Together), Bruno Re-Parks

It is unusual for a headliner to return, 60 years after their Las Vegas debut and still generate enough buzz to land at Wynn Las Vegas instead of off-Strip on an oldies package tour. But that’s Tom Jones, who returns to the...

Corey Levitan January 28, 2025

THE BUNK MONKS: Fake Buddhist Clergy Solicit ‘Donations’ on The Strip

Stroll the Las Vegas Strip for a half hour and you’ll run into any number of people generating income as costumed characters. They're not really misrepresenting themselves, other than probably to the IRS. Everyone knows they're not really Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, or...

Corey Levitan January 27, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Gonzalo Garcia-Pelayo Invented the Only Technique to Beat Roulette Without Cheating

“The story of how the only profitable roulette system was uncovered and how the man that discovered it won $1.5 million, is a tale that continues to inspire casino fans new and old,” reads the Times of Malta’s April 21, 2022 edition....

Corey Levitan January 27, 2025