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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 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,...
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,...
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...
‘Life is Beautiful’ Vegas Music Fest Scaling Way Back
This year, life will still be beautiful but much smaller. The annual “Life is Beautiful” Las Vegas music festival -- held on 18 city blocks along East Fremont Street for 10 years -- is being rerouted to a single vacant lot next...
Tupac Shakur Murder Suspect Secures $750K Bail
The man accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas has secured money for bail. Posting the $750,00 could get Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, released from prison to serve under house arrest until his trial....
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Dry Heat is Safer Than Humid Heat
EDITOR’S NOTE:?A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition.?Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 28, 2023. But it’s a dry 115 degrees …. Because dry, hot air evaporates sweat, which is how the human body cools...
HOLY CRAPS! Woman Climbs Atop Reno Casino Table to Chuck Chips
Several social media videos only now going viral show the scene of a bizarre incident at the Silver Legacy Casino in Reno last Saturday, where a woman climbed atop a craps table during live play and threw chips up in the air...
HEAR THE SPHERE: Vegas Venue to Debut Exterior Audio During July 4 Bash
Starting July 4, the first anniversary of the illumination of what has become the world’s most famous outdoor video screen, Vegas visitors will be able to hear the Sphere as well. The “Sphere Fourth of July Celebration” will feature six acts of...
LOST WAGES, INDEED: Study Finds Vegas Prices Rising Faster than Any Other US Travel Destination
According to a new study by?Forbes Advisor, Las Vegas has experienced the steepest cost increases of any other US travel destination in the last five years. Vegas topped the list based on the cost of its daily hotel accommodations (which increased 47.45%),...
Wynn’s Plan to Build Third Vegas Strip Tower Still Alive
Wynn Resorts’ deadline to start construction on a third tower across the Strip from Wynn Las Vegas and Encore has been extended until April 2026. The Clark County Zoning Commission voted Tuesday to extend previously approved development plans for Wynn to build...