# **Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, William P. McComas,certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewed this quarterly report onForm 10 - QSB of Full House Resorts, Inc.;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this quarterlyreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in thisreport;

 

4.               The small business issuer’s othercertifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:

 

a)              Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls an procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to thesmall business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made knownto us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in whichthis report is being prepared;

 

b)             Evaluated the effectiveness of the smallbusiness issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisreport our 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 change inthe small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the small business issuer’s most recent quarter (the smallbusiness issuer’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially effect the smallbusiness issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.               The small business issuer’s othercertifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluationof internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer’sauditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a)              All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small businessissuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

b)             Any fraud, whether or not material, thatinvolves management of other employees who have a significant role in the smallbusiness issuer’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 
| Dated: November 11, 2003 | By:                     | /s/  William  P. McComas | . |   |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---|--------|
|                     | William P. McComas      |                          |
|                     | Chief Executive Officer |                          |

 

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