**EXHIBIT 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TOSECTION 302(A) OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY**

**ACT OF 2002**

 

I, James B. Druck,certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewedthis annual report on Form 10-KSB of Southwest Casino Corporation;

 

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 the statements were made, not misleadingwith 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 Southwest Casino Corporationas of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                       SouthwestCasino Corporation’s other certifying officers and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for Southwest Casino Corporation and have:

 

(a)                                  Designed disclosure controls and procedures, or caused disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure thatmaterial information relating to Southwest Casino Corporation, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)                                 Evaluated the effectiveness of Southwest Casino Corporation’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(c)                                  Disclosed in this report any change in Southwest Casino Corporation’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during Southwest CasinoCorporation’s fourth quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, Southwest Casino Corporation’s internal controlover financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       Southwest Casino Corporation’s other certifying officers and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controls overfinancial reporting, to Southwest Casino Corporation’s auditors and the auditcommittee of Southwest Casino Corporation’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent function):

 

(a)                                  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likelyto adversely affect Southwest Casino Corporation’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)                                 Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or otheremployees who have a significant role in Southwest Casino Corporation’sinternal controls over financial reporting.

 
| Date: March 31, 2005 |                                     |
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|                 | /s/   James B. Druck                |   |
|                 | James B. Druck, Chief Executive  Officer |

 

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