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                                                                  Exhibit 31.1

  Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         I, Charles Champion, certify that

         1.       I have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report  on Form  10-QSB  of
                  Youbet.com, Inc.;

        2.        Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain
                  any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
                  material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light
                  of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
                  not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
                  quarterly report;

         3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
                  financial information included in this quarterly report,
                  fairly present in all material respects the financial
                  condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
                  registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
                  quarterly report.

         4.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
                  responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
                  controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
                  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) [omitted in accordance with Section
                  III.E. of SEC Release No. 34-47986] for the registrant and we
                  have:

                  a.       designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                           caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
                           designed under our supervision, to ensure that
                           material information relating to the registrant,
                           including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
                           known to us by others within those entities,
                           particularly during the period in which this
                           quarterly report is being prepared;

                  b.       [Omitted in accordance with Section III.E. of SEC
                           Release No. 34-47986.]

                  c.       evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
                           disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
                           this report our conclusions about the effectiveness
                           of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the
                           end of the period covered by this report based on
                           such evaluation; and

                  d.       disclosed, if applicable, in this quarterly report
                           any change in the registrant's internal control over
                           financial reporting that occurred during the quarter
                           covered by the report that has materially affected,
                           or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
                           registrant's internal control over financial
                           reporting; and

         5.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
                  disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
                  control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
                  and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or
                  persons performing the equivalent function):

                  a. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                  design or operation of internal control over financial
                  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                  financial information; and

                  b. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                  management or other employees who have a significant role in
                  the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting.


    October 31, 2003             By:  /s/   Charles F. Champion
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                                            Charles F. Champion
                                            Chief Executive Officer, President