**EXHIBIT 31.1**

**CERTIFICATION**

I, Victor J. Salerno,certify that;

# 1.             I have reviewed this quarterlyreport on Form 10-QSB of American Wagering, Inc.;

# 2.             Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state amaterial fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

# 3.             Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report;

# 4.             I am responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under mysupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small businessissuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by otherswithin those entities, particularly during the period in which this report isbeing prepared;

(b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small businessissuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report myconclusions 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

(c) Disclosed in this report any change in the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (the smallbusiness issuer’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

# 5.             I have disclosed, based on my mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the smallbusiness issuer’s auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’sboard of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small businessissuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

(b) Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the small business issuer’s internal control over financialreporting.
| Date: June 14, 2007 |   | /s/ Victor J. Salerno                                                                                                                                  |
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|                |   | By:     Victor J. Salerno                                                                                                          |
|                |   | Title:  President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief  Operating Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim Principal  Financial Officer |

 

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