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EXHIBIT 31.b

CERTIFICATION



I, Booker T. Copeland, III, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary,
certify that:

> I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of International
>     Thunderbird Gaming Corporation;
>     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;
>     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 the company
>     as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
>     The company's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
>     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
>     in Exchange ct 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 company and have: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 company, 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;
>       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;
>       Evaluated the effectiveness of the company'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
>       Disclosed in this report any change in the company's internal control
>       over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual
> report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
> affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting; and
>   The company's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
> our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the
> company's auditors and the audit committee of the company's board of directors
> (or persons performing the equivalent functions):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 company's ability to record, process, summarize
> and report financial information; and
>       Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
> employees who have a significant role in the company's internal control over
> financial reporting.

Dated: July 12, 2004



Booker T. Copeland, III,

Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary