**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) OF THE SECURITIES ANDEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

 

I, John C.Hull, certify that:

 

#### **1.**                                       I havereviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Hollywood Casino Shreveport and ShreveportCapital Corporation;

#### **2.**                                       Based onmy knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingwith respect to the period covered by this report;

#### **3.**                                       Based onmy knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrants as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

#### **4.**                                       Theregistrants’ other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrants and have:

##### **(a)**                                  Designed such disclosure controlsand procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating tothe registrants, including their consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to usby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

##### **(b)**                                 Evaluated the effectiveness of theregistrants’ disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this reportour conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

##### **(c)**                                  Disclosed in this report any changein the registrants’ internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring the registrants’ most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants’ fourthfiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants’ internal controlover financial reporting; and

#### **5.**                                       Theregistrants’ other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrants’ auditors and the audit committee of the registrants’ board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

##### **(a)**                                  All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrants’ ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

##### **(b)**                                 Any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in theregistrants’ internal control overfinancial reporting.

 

 
| ** **            | **Hollywood Casino Shreveport**                  |
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|                  | **By:  HCS I, Inc., its Managing Partner;** |
|                  | **Shreveport Capital Corporation; and**          |
|                  | **HWCC-Louisiana, Inc.**                         |
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| Date:  March 29, 2005 | By:   /s/                                   | John  C. Hull |
|                  |                                             | John  C. Hull |
|                  |                                             | Chief  Executive Officer |

 

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