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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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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Strip Casinos Earn Most of Their Revenue from Gambling
May 23, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Strip Casinos Earn Most of Their Revenue from Gambling

EDITOR'S NOTE: "Vegas Myths Busted" now publishes its new entry every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today's entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Oct. 21, 2022. The Las Vegas Strip has...

Written by Corey Levitan
Two Legionnaires Cases Reported at South Point Casino in Las Vegas
May 22, 2025

Two Legionnaires Cases Reported at South Point Casino in Las Vegas

Two separate cases of Legionnaires' disease are being investigated at the South Point casino hotel in Las Vegas, the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) announced Thursday. One case occurred in August 2024, while the other...

Written by Corey Levitan
LOST VEGAS: Celebrity Dealers
May 22, 2025

LOST VEGAS: Celebrity Dealers

Among the various illegal activities one might have stumbled across in a Las Vegas casino in the 1950s was celebrity dealing. Dean Martin reportedly ran blackjack tables for kicks between his 8 p.m. and midnight...

Written by Corey Levitan
Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Tom Brady to Debut Memorabilia Display
May 21, 2025

Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Tom Brady to Debut Memorabilia Display

Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Tom Brady will open a temporary sports and entertainment museum in June "Hall of Excellence" will feature impressive memorabilia from Brady and other notables Fontainebleau Las Vegas announced Wednesday that it...

Written by Corey Levitan
Sex Worker Hired for Diddy’s ‘Freak Offs’ Was Convicted Las Vegas Killer & Reality Star
May 21, 2025

Sex Worker Hired for Diddy’s ‘Freak Offs’ Was Convicted Las Vegas Killer & Reality Star

Ash Armand's photo was introduced during the first week of Sean "P Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial Prosecutors claim he was one of 13 male escorts hired to perform at the disgraced record mogul's "freak...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS DINING NEWS: New ‘Restaurant Fee’ In, Bahama Breeze Out
May 20, 2025

VEGAS DINING NEWS: New ‘Restaurant Fee’ In, Bahama Breeze Out

Check your checks, Las Vegas visitors. Some restaurants now charge a fee separate from the price of your food and drinks, tax and tip. Vegas visitor Dave Larouche recently shared a tweet of the receipt...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Roth v. Hagar in Vegas, No KISS Reunion, Did Katy Fail?
May 20, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Roth v. Hagar in Vegas, No KISS Reunion, Did Katy Fail?

The second living museum of Van Halen nostalgia arrives in Las Vegas Sept. 8, when original singer David Lee Roth swings a new tour into the BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau. Though most hardcore fans consider...

Written by Corey Levitan
Planning Takes Off Again for Second Las Vegas Airport
May 19, 2025

Planning Takes Off Again for Second Las Vegas Airport

The environmental impact statement process has restarted on a second Las Vegas airport First proposed in 1998, the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport will be built 30 miles south of the Strip and serve 35 million...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Resort Fees Have Been Banned
May 19, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Resort Fees Have Been Banned

New resort fee rules imposed by the FTC have gone into effect The rules change how hotels must inform guests about additional fees tacked onto their nightly room rates, but aren't making the fees illegal...

Written by Corey Levitan
Wynn Las Vegas Sued for Negligence After Boy Nearly Drowned
May 16, 2025

Wynn Las Vegas Sued for Negligence After Boy Nearly Drowned

The family of a Utah boy who nearly drowned in a Wynn Las Vegas swimming pool is suing the casino resort company for negligence. According to the lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Clark County District...

Written by Corey Levitan