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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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1470 stories by Corey Levitan

Las Vegas Lassos National Finals Rodeo for 10 More Years

A new agreement will keep the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas through 2035, according to an announcement made by Las Vegas Events (LVE) on Monday, three days before NFR 2023 debuts across town. “This is a truly historic day...

Corey Levitan December 4, 2023

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Miranda & U2 Announce New Final Residency Dates, Free Nelly/TLC Show

Country star Miranda Lambert has announced the final nine shows for her “Velvet Rodeo” residency. Opening at Planet Hollywood’s Bakkt Theater in September 2022, it will now close on April 6. “As someone who’s lived on a bus and toured from city...

Corey Levitan December 4, 2023

Poker Pro Accused of Cheating to Win $3M

Ye “Tony Mars” Shen has been accused of cheating a private Southern California poker game out of millions. Fellow poker pros Nikhil “Nik Airball” Arcot and Wesley “Wes Side” Fei made their allegations on X/Twitter this weekend. According to the “Hustler Casino...

Corey Levitan December 4, 2023

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Las Vegas is the World’s Gambling Capital

What happens in Macau apparently stays there, too, because few Las Vegas regulars realize that this Chinese city has been the gambling capital of the world for 15 of the last 18 years. Sin City began playing second city in annual gross...

Corey Levitan December 4, 2023

OSHA Fines Cirque for Injury at ‘O’ in Vegas

Cirque du Soleil has been cited for two "serious" violations by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The violations, which come with fines totaling more than $30K, result from an OSHA investigation into a...

Corey Levitan December 3, 2023

Pac-Man Game Sets Guinness World Record at Resorts World

The Guinness World Record for “largest digital video game display” was set on Thursday night at Resorts World Las Vegas. More accurately, it was set on Resorts World, which has a tower that doubles as a 100K square-foot video screen. The record...

Corey Levitan December 2, 2023

Vegas Officials Release Facial Approximation for Body Found in Lake Mead Barrel

The infamous Lake Mead “body in a barrel” now has a face. And Clark County and Las Vegas police hope that this will finally lead to a name. The face was created by the FBI using facial approximation software at its lab...

Corey Levitan December 1, 2023

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 been the heart of gambling in the...

Corey Levitan December 1, 2023

Google Maps Routes Cars from Las Vegas into Desert Trap

While driving home to L.A. from the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix earlier this month, Shelby Easler and her family saw an unusual Google Maps notification. It advised them that southwest on Interstate 15, the straightest route faced an impending dust storm....

Corey Levitan November 30, 2023

Phish to Follow U2 Residency at Las Vegas Sphere

The second musical act to headline the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas will be Phish. The four-piece jam band, which draws its following from the Furthur Festival crowd, will perform four consecutive shows at the globular concert venue behind the Venetian from...

Corey Levitan November 30, 2023