RIVIERA HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Form 10-Q

Exhibit 99.2
                            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 Quarterly Report of Riviera Holdings Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), Duane
Krohn, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifies, pursuant to 18
U.S.C.1350, as adopted pursuant to 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 result of operations of the
        Company.



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                                              By: /s/ Duane Krohn
                                              Duane Krohn
                                              Treasurer and
                                              Chief Financial Officer