**EXHIBIT
      31.1**





**CERTIFICATION
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 15d-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED
      PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**





I,
      Don H.
      Barden, certify that:





|1. | I
              have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The Majestic Star
              Casino, LLC and The Majestic Star Casino Capital Corp.;
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|2. | Based
              on my knowledge, this 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
              were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
              report;
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|3. | Based
              on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
              included in this 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 report;
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|4. | The
              registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
              establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
              defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant
              and have:
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|a. | Designed
              such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
              controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, 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 quarterly report
              is
              being prepared;
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|b. | 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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c.  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 that
      has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
      registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and





|5. | The
              registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based
              on
              our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
              to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s
              board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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|a. | All
              significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
              operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
              reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record,
              process, summarize and report financial information; 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 control
              over financial reporting.
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Dated:
      May 15, 2006





*/s/
      Don H. Barden*


Don
      H.
      Barden


Chairman,
      President and Chief Executive Officer