**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**RIVERROCK ENTERTAINMENT AUTHORITY**

 

**CERTIFICATIONPURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

 

I, Shawn S. Smyth,certify that:

 

1. I have reviewedthis quarterly report on Form 10-Q as amended by the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/Afiled on the date hereof, of the River Rock Entertainment Authority;

 

2. Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and 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; |
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| b)     |   | Designed such  internal controls over financial reporting, or caused such internal controls  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;                 |
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| 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                                                                                                   |
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| 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’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (orpersons performing the equivalent functions):

 
| 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 |
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| b)     |   | Any fraud, whether  or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a  significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial  reporting.                                                                                                 |

 

 

Date: August 26,2008

 
| By:                      | /s/ SHAWN S.  SMYTH |   |
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| Shawn S. Smyth           |
| Chief Executive  Officer |

 

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