**EXHIBIT 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302(A) OFTHE 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 CasinoCorporation and have:

 

(a)                                  Designeddisclosure controls and procedures, or caused disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation 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 theeffectiveness of Southwest Casino Corporation’s disclosure controls and proceduresand presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

 

(c)                                  Disclosed inthis report any change in Southwest Casino Corporation’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during Southwest Casino Corporation’s fourthquarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, Southwest Casino Corporation’s internal control over financialreporting; and

 

5.                                       SouthwestCasino Corporation’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based onour most recent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, toSouthwest Casino Corporation’s auditors and the audit committee of SouthwestCasino Corporation’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunction):

 

(a)                                  All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrols over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect Southwest Casino Corporation’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

 

(b)                                 Any fraud,whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in Southwest Casino Corporation’s internal controls overfinancial reporting.

 
| Date:  March 31, 2006 |                                     |
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|                       | /s/  James B. Druck                      |   |
|                       | James  B. Druck, Chief Executive Officer |

 

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