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Feasibility Studies, Economic Impact Reports, and Gambling Industry Consulting
Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC (CCA) is an independent research and consulting firm with expertise in the economics, management, operations, taxation, and regulation of gambling industries. CCA has been a thought leader in the gaming industry for over 35 years.
CCA serves a wide range of clients including: privately held gaming operators; large publicly traded gaming corporations; local, state,and federal regulatory agencies and commissions; tribal governments; independent non-profit groups and taxpayer's associations; and international investment banks and venture capital firms.
Research Projects and Academic Papers
CCA maintains a database of all forms
of legal, regulated gambling in the United States. For more
than three decades our annual summary of gambling industry
revenues, wagering trends, and government tax receipts "The
Gross Annual Wager of the United States" has been widely cited
by industry trade publications and news organizations across
North America and around the globe.
Casinos and Disruptive Interactive Technology
Our recent article in the December 2020 edition of the Gaming Law Review, authored by Eugene Christiansen and Sebastian Sinclair as well as former Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli and former executive and investor Terry Oliver.
Eugene Christiansen Papers Now Available for Research
The UNLV University Libraries has made the Eugene Martin
Christiansen Papers available to researchers through the
Special Collections and Archives Division at Lied Library.
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, and
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. 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.
The Eugene Martin Christiansen Papers, dating from 1948 to
2017, contain research files, reports, and presentations about
gambling written and collected by 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, popularity of off-track betting, horse and
dog racing, table games, gambling addiction, gaming
regulation, taxes, lotteries, and Native American gaming.
Processing of the collection by UNLV University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives was made possible by a
$129,600 grant from the National Historical Publications and
Records Commission (NHPRC). A complete summary of the items
available in the collection can be found online
www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/ead/MS-00561_christiansen.pdf.
More About Christiansen Capital Advisors, LLC
In addition to industry consulting and research CCA provides a number of other services including expert testimony and legal support and assistance with academic research. For more information about what CCA has to offer please visit our About page to review our company background and experience.