**Exhibit        31.1 **

**CERTIFICATION        **

| 1. | I                  have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of New Media Lottery                  Services, Inc.; |
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| 2. | Based                  on my knowledge, this annual 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                  are made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by                  this annual                  report; |
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| 3. | Based                  on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial                  information                  included in this annual report, fairly present in all material                  respects                  the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of                  the                  registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual                  report; |
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| 4. | The                  registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for                  establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures                  (as                  defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant                  and we                  have: |
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|  | a) | designed                  such disclosure controls and procedures 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 annual report is being                  prepared; |
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|  | b) | [Paragraph                  omitted in accordance with SEC transition instructions]; |
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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 (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an                  annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely                  to                  materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial                  reporting; and |
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| 5. | The                  Registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our                  most recent evaluation, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit                  committee of the registrant’s Board of Directors: |
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|  | a) | all                  significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal                  controls                  which could adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process,                  summarize and report financial data and have identified for the                  registrant’s auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; 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                  controls; and |
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| **SIGNATURE**                         |   | **TITLE**                                                | **DATE**                         |
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| /s/                    John T. Carson |   | President                    and Chief Executive Officer | July                    29, 2005 |
| John                    T. Carson     |   |                                                     |                             |

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