Guide to the Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers This finding aid was created by Lindsay Oden and Sarah Jones. This copy was published on August 26, 2020. Persistent URL for this finding aid: http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1mw2d © 2020 The Regents of the University of Nevada. All rights reserved. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Box 457010 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010 [email protected] Guide to the Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers Table of Contents Summary Information ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical Note ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Scope and Contents Note ................................................................................................................................ 4 Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................. 5 Names and Subjects ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Collection Inventory ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Subject files ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Gaming research files ................................................................................................................................ 7 Native American gaming subject files .................................................................................................... 23 Lotteries subject files ............................................................................................................................... 27 People in the gaming and entertainment industries subject files ............................................................ 29 Horse racing and dog racing subject files ............................................................................................... 41 Financial and economic reports .................................................................................................................. 44 Reports, presentations, and articles by Eugene Martin Christiansen ...................................................... 45 Reports prepared by Christiansen/Cummings Associates and Christiansen Capital Advisors ................ 49 Reports prepared by financial advisors, banks, and other financial institutions ..................................... 53 Reports by academics and consultants .................................................................................................... 55 Client files ................................................................................................................................................... 71 Laws and gaming regulation files .............................................................................................................. 88 United States laws and gaming regulation .............................................................................................. 88 International laws and gaming regulation ............................................................................................. 111 Racetrack, casino, and hotel files ............................................................................................................. 118 Racetracks and racing files .................................................................................................................... 119 Casinos and hotels files ......................................................................................................................... 126 Entertainment business files ..................................................................................................................... 136 Feature Film Finance & Production records ......................................................................................... 136 Electronic Game Card Inc. records ....................................................................................................... 139 Gaming conference files, newsletters, and correspondence ..................................................................... 140 Conference files ..................................................................................................................................... 141 Newsletters and bulletins ....................................................................................................................... 143 Correspondence, invoices, and project proposals .................................................................................. 145 - Page 2 - Guide to the Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers Summary Information Repository: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Creator: Christiansen, Eugene Martin, 1944- Contributor: Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC Title: Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers ID: MS-00561 Date [inclusive]: 1948 to 2017 Date [bulk]: 1975 to 2005 Physical Description: 166.5 Cubic Feet (254 boxes and 1 oversized box) Physical Description: 139.6 Linear Feet Physical Description: 854 Digital Files (0.803 GB) Physical Location: The collection is stored in the Lied Automated Storage and Retrieval Unit (LASR). Advanced notice may be required to access these materials. Language of the English Material: Abstract: The Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers (dating from 1948 to 2017, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1975 to 2005) contain research files, reports, and presentations about gambling written and collected by gaming consultant Eugene Martin Christiansen. Most of the collection is comprised of research files and reports about legalized gambling, casinos, hotels, racetracks, and entertainment venues, including the economic impacts of legalized gaming, feasibility studies for opening new casinos and racetracks, popularity of off-track betting, horse and dog racing, table games, gambling addiction, gaming regulation, taxes, lotteries, and Native American gaming. The collection also includes research files covering state and municipal regulation of gaming, significant individuals in the gaming industry, prominent hotels and casinos, gaming research conferences, financial reports, and international regulation of gaming. The collection also contains a small amount of business records from Christiansen's entertainment company Feature Film Finance & Production. Preferred Citation Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers, 1948-2015. MS-00561. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. - Page 3- Guide to the Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical Note Eugene Martin Christiansen is a consultant and chairman of Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC. He has worked as a consultant for the commercial gaming and entertainment industries since 1976. He has written extensively on gambling legalization and regulation, the economic impacts of legalized gambling, taxation of gambling and entertainment, Native American gaming, and pari-mutuel wagering. His book, The Business of Risk: Commercial Gambling in Mainstream America (co-authored with Vicki Abt and James F. Smith), was published by the University Press of Kansas in 1985. Christiansen is a member of the National Council on Problem Gambling and the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents Note The Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers (dating from 1948 to 2017, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1975 to 2005) contain research files, reports, and presentations about gambling written and collected by gaming consultant Eugene Martin Christiansen. Most of the collection is comprised of research files and reports about legalized gambling, casinos, hotels, racetracks, and entertainment venues, including the economic impacts of legalized gaming, feasibility studies for opening new casinos and racetracks, popularity of off-track betting, horse and dog racing, table games, gambling addiction, gaming regulation, taxes, lotteries, and Native American gaming. Some subject and research files contain born-digital materials. The collection includes research files covering state and municipal regulation of gaming, significant individuals in the gaming industry, prominent hotels and casinos, gaming research conferences, financial reports, and international regulation of gaming. The collection contains files from Christiansen's private research firm Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC (formerly Christiansen/Cummings Associates), as well as research, newsletters, and correspondence with other financial institutions such as Prudential Financial, Bear Stearns, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities, Smith Barney, Goldman Sachs, and Oppenheimer & Co. The collection also contains newsletters from gaming interest