Exhibit 31.1

                PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER CERTIFICATION

     I, Allan R. Tessler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of J Net
Enterprises, Inc. (the "Registrant"), certify that:

     (1)  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the
Registrant;

     (2)  Based on my knowledge, this 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 report;

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

     (4)  The Registrant's other certifying officers 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)) 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
report is being prepared;

          (b)  [Paragraph omitted in accordance with SEC transition
               instructions]

          (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 upon based such evaluation; and

          (d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
Registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control
over financial reporting;

     (5)  The Registrant's other certifying officers 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 the
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.


Dated:  February 17, 2004        By:  /s/ Allan R. Tessler
                                      ____________________________________
                                      Allan R. Tessler
                                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer