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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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LOST VEGAS: What Happened to the Art from the Silver Slipper Casino
On April 30, 1968, Howard Hughes purchased the Silver Slipper for $5.4 million from an investment group led by Maurice Friedman, T.W. Richardson, and Shelby Williams. (Yes, all had ties to organized crime.) The sale didn't include Hughes’ favorite thing in the...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Vegas Has Been Gay Friendly Since the ’60s
Today in Las Vegas, you can see “Ru Paul’s Drag Race LIVE,” party at the Gipsy, sleep it off at an adults-only gay hotel called the Bent Inn, and then hit the drag brunch at Treasure Island. If you happen to be...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Elvis Was a Straight-Up Racist
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 Jan. 20, 2023. In 2002, hip-hop singer Mary J. Blige sang “Blue Suede Shoes,” a Carl Perkins song popularized...
UPDATE: Nelly Was Targeted for Arrest After Winning Casino Jackpots — Attorney
UPDATE: A lawyer for Nelly told TMZ on Thursday that the rapper was "targeted by an overzealous, out of line officer" after trying to cash in several jackpots he won at a St. Louis casino early Wednesday, and that his arrest was...
Former Las Vegas Magician’s Castle Hits Market For $10M
Magician Lance Burton wanted to live in a castle on a hill, so he conjured one up. He had it built in Las Vegas-adjacent Henderson, Nev., with a watchtower, secret passageways, hidden doors, a great room with 30-foot ceilings, a two-story gilded...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Blake Shelton Announces Caesars Residency, Rod Cancels Milestone Show
Blake Shelton will play his first Las Vegas residency next February. The country music superstar announced its first six dates at Caesars Palace on Thursday. "If you're going to have a stake in Las Vegas, you got to do a residency also...
Resorts World Las Vegas Searching Rooms Daily for Hacking Tech
Guests at Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip this week have received a disturbing surprise -- daily inspections conducted of their rooms, even if the “Do Not Disturb” sign is hung outside them. The inspections, during which cybersecurity experts visually inspect...
Painful Demolition of Mirage Las Vegas Atrium Begins
Demolition has begun on The Mirage in Las Vegas, which closed on July 17 and is destined to reopen as one of a chain of Hard Rock casino resorts in 2027. While the guts of the casino and towers will remain, as...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Janet Jackson Confirms Resorts World Residency, Rod Returns
Janet Jackson will begin a Resorts World residency close to Christmas. The commitment will include a New Year’s Eve performance. "We are thrilled to announce Janet's upcoming residency at Resorts World Las Vegas," said her manager, Mo Elmasri, in a statement. "This...
Investigators Claim to Know Where Las Vegas Financier Jimmy Hoffa is Really Buried
If an independent team of cold-case investigators is correct, the 40-year-old rumor that Jimmy Hoffa was buried beneath a sports stadium wasn't wrong. It just wasn’t Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. According to The Sun, the team, named the Case Breakers,...