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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.
Contact Corey at [email protected].
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VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: AI Knows Anything About Las Vegas
We’ve largely ignored artificial intelligence as a research tool. That's because we know how to find reliable information about Las Vegas on our own. Also, truth be told, we’d rather not think too much about a technology that, once it gets good...
Missouri Woman Charged in Plot to Steal Graceland from Presleys
On Friday, the 47th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley at Graceland, Missouri police arrested a woman that federal prosecutors claim tried to steal the 13.8-acre mansion away from Presley’s surviving family. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, is charged with mail fraud...
ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: Vegas Casino Buffet Stunt in Poor Taste Goes Viral
A social media influencer with 1.6 million TikTok followers influenced thousands of people to hate him after his latest post. On a visit to the Palms Las Vegas buffet, a man who calls himself “Mister Lewis Lux” harassed staff, wasted food, and...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Elvis Performed 837 Sold-Out Vegas Shows
EDITOR’S NOTE:?“Vegas Myths Busted” publishes a new entry every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition.?Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Sept. 25, 2023.? Sorry, Barry Manilow, you didn't beat Elvis Presley's record for consecutive sell-outs at the Westgate...
SIGN OFF: Mirage Las Vegas Entrance Arch Makes Its Exit
Las Vegas Boulevard was briefly blocked off on Wednesday so that the former entry arch to The Mirage could travel down the street it faced for 34 years. Its destination was the Neon Museum, 5 miles north. The museum agreed to accept...
Trial Begins for Ex-Politician Accused of Murdering Las Vegas Reporter
The trial of Robert Telles began Wednesday with opening statements from the prosecution and defense teams. The former Las Vegas elected official pleaded not guilty to murdering Jeff German, the investigative reporter whose stories took Telles to task for inappropriate conduct that...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Disco Diner, Submarine Chef Pops Back Up, the Trouble with Casino McDonald’s
Spiegelworld, the off-kilter Vegas entertainment factory responsible for “Absinthe” at Caesars Palace, is opening a '70s-themed Vegas eatery called Diner Ross. (Get the pun? It's supreme!) The old-school dining concept opens Wednesday at the Linq, along with Spiegelworld’s new production, “DiscoShow.” Diner...
Sphere Now Allowed to Exceed Las Vegas Noise Ordinances
On May 13, after Sphere Entertainment CEO James Dolan told analysts on a quarterly earnings call that the Sphere in Vegas would add audio to its external projections, we wrote that “neither Dolan, nor Sphere officials, are saying how the Sphere might...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Bruno Mars Adds NYE Performance, WWWY Sideshows Announced, Ludacris F1 Prices
Bruno Mars will ring in his fourth New Year at the Dolby Live at Park MGM, where the pop superstar has had a residency since the resort, formerly known as the Monte Carlo, rebranded in 2016. Mars, who resumes the residency on...
Dita Von Teese to Reopen Burlesque Show at Venetian Las Vegas
Dita Von Teese is shimmying over to The Venetian, where she will open a new Las Vegas Strip burlesque show at the Voltaire Theater on September 19. “This exquisite jewel-box theater compliments the timeless allure of my show,” Von Teese said in...