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Exhibit 31.1 Certification  Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
             2002

         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))  and internal  control over financial
                  reporting  (as defined in  Exchange  Act Rules  13a-15(f)  and
                  15d-15(f)) 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.       designed   such  internal   control  over   financial
                           reporting,  or  caused  such  internal  control  over
                           financial   reporting   to  be  designed   under  our
                           supervision,    to   provide   reasonable   assurance
                           regarding the reliability of financial  reporting and
                           the preparation of financial  statements for external
                           purposes  in  accordance   with  generally   accepted
                           accounting principles;

                  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  controls 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.


         August 8, 2003                   By: /s/ Charles F. Champion
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                                              Charles F. Champion
                                              Chief Executive Officer, President



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