**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Andre M. Hilliou, certify that:

 

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

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make  the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the small business issuer as of, and for, the periodspresented in this report;

 

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 and 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 that occurredduring the small business issuer’s most recent quarter (the small businessissuer’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially effect the small businessissuer’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: March 26, 2004 | By:    |   /s/   ANDRE M.  HILLIOU           . |   |
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|                       |   | Andre M. Hilliou                                                                                                 |   |
|                       |   | Chief Executive Officer                                                                                          |   |

 

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