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Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers gaming news on the US West Coast, including 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.
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VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Wynn Branding with ‘Yellowstone’ Creator, What Will Replace Holsteins at Cosmo
Wynn Las Vegas will host a pop-up from the very first Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse this September. The brand new restaurant is owned by Taylor Sheridan, creator of TV’s “Yellowstone,” who also owns Four Sixes Ranch. That’s the working cattle farm in...
Vegas Sphere to Pay $80M to Bring Dorothy Home
James Dolan, CEO of Sphere Entertainment, is about to pay more than anyone else in history for a movie ticket. According to the New York Post, Dolan is nearing the end of negotiations that will allow him to pay $80 million to...
Showgirl Exhibit at Las Vegas City Hall Highlights Extinct Sin City Icon
A new exhibition at Las Vegas City Hall highlights the history of an extinct but once vital icon of Las Vegas. “The Spectacle of the Showgirl" runs through October 10. The free exhibition on loan from Grant Philipo’s Las Vegas Showgirl Museum...
Some Vegas Players Knock (Very) Relocated Venetian Poker Room
On Thursday, the Venetian opened its brand new poker room. The new space -- announced back in February -- is the largest for poker in Las Vegas. It has 49 tables spread across 14,000 square feet, dedicated bathrooms, USB charging ports at...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Waking Up in a Hotel Bathtub Missing a Kidney
Welcome to the one people have requested since we started this series two years and 106 busted myths ago. For decades, businessmen are believed to have awoken in ice-filled Las Vegas hotel bathtubs, remembering that drink they were fixed the night before...
Turo Car-Sharing Now Allowed at Vegas Airport, But Arrangement Frustrates Users
Turo, the car-sharing rental platform that’s like Airbnb for vehicles, finally has an official drop-off location at Harry Reid International Airport. On July 16, the Clark County Board of Commissioners approved a two-year permit for Turo to operate in the remote lot...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Aldean Next to Open Country Joint on Strip, Vegas Has $10 Lobster Rolls
Jason Aldean will be the next country star to open a restaurant in Las Vegas -- not, as previously reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Morgan Wallen. Jason Aldean’s Kitchen + Rooftop Bar will occupy 10,00 square feet on the second and...
Las Vegas’ Only Giraffe Dies at Lion Habitat Ranch
Ozzie, Las Vegas’ only giraffe, died early Friday morning from injuries suffered during a fall at Lion Habitat Ranch, a nonprofit sanctuary in Henderson, Nev. “In the quiet hours before dawn, something startled Ozzie, causing him to stumble,” the ranch posted on...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: You Don’t Have to Pay Resort Fees
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 on March 17, 2023.? All major resorts on the Las Vegas Strip now charge resort fees, even those,...
Did YouTube Star MrBeast Abuse Game Show Contestants in Las Vegas?
MrBeast faces allegations of mistreating contestants appearing on his upcoming Amazon Prime reality competition series, which filmed for three nights last month at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The accusations against "Beast Games," first reported by Casino.org’s own Vital Vegas and now...