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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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2099 stories by Corey Levitan

Las Vegas Officials Face Ethics Probe for Accepting Free F1 Tix

At least four Clark County commissioners are under investigation by the Nevada Commission on Ethics for accepting free tickets to last year’s inaugural F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The tickets sold for $10,900 each. On Tuesday, commissioner Tick Segerblom posted to Twitter...

Corey Levitan June 26, 2024

Tupac Murder Suspect Denied Release on Bail Paid by Cash Jones

Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the accused orchestrator of rap legend Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder in Las Vegas, was denied bail at a hearing on Tuesday, with Clark County District Judge Carli Kierny citing concerns over the source of the funds. Kierny heard...

Corey Levitan June 25, 2024

WinnaVegas Casino Closes Amid Surging Midwest Floodwaters

WinnaVegas Casino Resort in Sloan, Iowa closed at 10 a.m.Tuesday, June 25th, out of “an abundance of caution” over flooding across the American Midwest. “The safety of our associates and our guests is paramount,” WinnaVegas GM Tom Teesdale said in a news...

Corey Levitan June 25, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Life is Unrecognizable, Thomas Rhett & Tom Jones Info, The Who to Play Sphere?

When the organizers of the annual Life is Beautiful Las Vegas music festival announced the lineup on Tuesday for their renamed and seriously downsized “A Big Beautiful Block Party,” the response was a giant “WHO??” Headlining the block party will be French electronic...

Corey Levitan June 25, 2024

NY Mets Owner Buys $50M Slice of Las Vegas Sphere

Baseballs aren’t the only round things fancied by Steve Cohen. According to Sportico, the owner of the New York Mets recently picked up a 5.5% stake in the Las Vegas Sphere. Cohen bought 1.56 million shares of Sphere Entertainment, which includes the...

Corey Levitan June 24, 2024

Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Challenge to Horse Racing Anti-Doping & Safety Law

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to the recently implemented Horse Racing and Safety Act (HRSA). That means the federal law, which has led to national medication and antidoping rules, still stands as it was enacted in 2020...

Corey Levitan June 24, 2024

Las Vegas Strip Casino Sued Over Car Stolen from its Valet

A California couple looked forward to a weekend getaway when they arrived at Paris Las Vegas on Friday, June 24, 2022, and handed their car keys to a valet attendant. On Saturday morning, Jennifer Marquecho returned to the valet to retrieve her...

Corey Levitan June 24, 2024

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Aliens Are at it Again With the Monoliths

On June 16, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted that one of its volunteer search and rescue organizations found “a mysterious monolith” in the desert 16 miles north of downtown. Posts about the reflective triangular column, which stood 10 feet tall,...

Corey Levitan June 24, 2024

Caesars Palace Las Vegas to Fold Poker Room for 2-3 Months

Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip is closing its poker room for a renovation expected to take two or three months. That’s according to a company memo emailed to employees and intercepted by Poker News. Unfortunately for the 18-table poker room,...

Corey Levitan June 23, 2024

THE NUTTY ASSESSOR: Auction for Jerry Lewis’ Vegas House Starts at $1M

The longtime Las Vegas home of beloved comedian Jerry Lewis is going up for auction in a week. The auction will be held during an offer presentation and open house from 2 to 4 p.m. PT June 29, according to the Las...

Corey Levitan June 22, 2024