Herbst Gaming 10-K 2009 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C.  SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Herbst Gaming, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Troy D. Herbst, as Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Troy D. Herbst

Troy D. Herbst

Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

March 31, 2010

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Herbst Gaming, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Mary E. Higgins, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Mary E. Higgins

Mary E. Higgins

Chief Financial Officer

March 31, 2010

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.