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Reporting the casino industry from the inside out

Corey Levitan does not cover casinos from a distance. He has dealt blackjack, played poker professionally, danced at the Folies Bergère, and worked in 173 other Las Vegas roles — all in the pursuit of reporting that holds up against the scrutiny of people who actually work and live inside the industry he covers.

That firsthand immersion defines Levitan’s approach at Casino.org, where he joined in 2022 as a staff reporter covering US West Coast gaming news, including the Las Vegas market. His beat spans casino operations, commercial gaming regulation, land-based resort news, and the consumer-facing side of the North American iGaming industry. Before Casino.org, Levitan spent six years embedded on the Las Vegas Strip as a staff writer for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the city’s newspaper of record, where he also authored “Fear and Loafing” — by circulation metrics, the most widely read humour column in Las Vegas history. For the column, he personally held and documented 176 Las Vegas industry jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer, and Folies Bergère performer.

Over a journalism career anchored in Nevada, his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, and the New York Post, among others. He has received more than 100 local, state, and national awards for his reporting. At Casino.org he is also the author of the recurring “Vegas Myths Busted” and “Lost Vegas” series, both of which apply primary-source investigation to factual claims and historical narratives that have circulated unchecked in gaming culture for decades.

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Areas of coverage and specialisation

Levitan’s reporting at Casino.org focuses on the factual, operational, and regulatory dimensions of the North American gaming industry. He does not produce promotional content, affiliate reviews written to rank products, or advertiser-facing copy. His work is editorial in nature and is subject to Casino.org’s standard editorial review process.

His primary beat covers commercial gaming and Las Vegas resort news across the US West Coast. His recurring series include the weekly “Vegas Myths Busted” and the historical “Lost Vegas.” His subject-matter expertise spans table games and poker operations, casino resort management, gaming regulation and licensing, and Nevada industry history — informed by six years of full-time Strip reporting and direct employment across the Las Vegas hospitality and gaming workforce.

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Professional record

Levitan joined Casino.org in January 2022 following a long career covering Las Vegas. Prior to that, he spent six years as a staff writer at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he covered the Las Vegas Strip and authored “Fear and Loafing” — an experiential column in which he personally worked and documented 176 casino and entertainment industry jobs. The column became the highest-circulating feature of its kind in Las Vegas publishing history.

He has been recognised with more than 100 journalism awards across local, state, and national categories, spanning long-form feature writing and breaking news coverage of the gaming and entertainment industry. His bylines outside Nevada have appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, and the New York Post, reflecting a breadth of editorial standards and subject-matter verification beyond trade or regional press.

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Editorial independence and standards

Corey Levitan’s reporting at Casino.org is independent of the site’s commercial and affiliate functions. He does not write sponsored content, does not receive compensation from casino operators for coverage, and does not produce product-ranking content structured around affiliate outcomes.

Casino.org maintains an editorial firewall between its commercial partnerships and its news desk. Levitan’s articles are factual and news-driven, subject to editing by Casino.org’s editorial team, and corrected transparently when errors are identified. Corrections are noted in the published record. Where Casino.org’s editorial policy applies to his work — including standards on source attribution, factual verification, and disclosure of conflicts of interest — those policies are documented on Casino.org’s editorial guidelines page and apply uniformly to all staff reporters.

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How Levitan approaches his reporting

The “Vegas Myths Busted” series is the clearest illustration of his working method. Each instalment begins with a specific factual claim — typically one that has been repeated widely in gaming culture or popular media — and traces it back through primary sources: official government reports, fire department records, casino archives, contemporaneous newspaper accounts, and interviews with people who were present at the events in question.

The historical “Lost Vegas” series applies the same methodology to overlooked or misrepresented chapters of Nevada gaming history. Levitan’s six years of full-time reporting on the Las Vegas Strip before joining Casino.org give him access to source networks and institutional knowledge that is not replicable through desk research alone.

On breaking casino news — resort closures, regulatory decisions, gaming commission rulings, litigation — Levitan reports against the official documentary record: filings, statements from named officials, and court documents. He does not rely on anonymous sourcing where a named source or public record is available. Readers who identify an error in his reporting are encouraged to contact him directly.

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Contact Corey Levitan

For story tips, corrections, press inquiries, or source submissions related to Las Vegas gaming, US West Coast casino news, or the “Vegas Myths Busted” series, reach out directly. Levitan reads submissions and responds to credible tips supported by verifiable information.

Email: corey@casino.org LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/coreylevitan All articles: casino.org/news/author/corey-levitan Vegas Myths Busted: vegasmythsbusted.com