EXHIBIT 31.1
                                 CERTIFICATIONS

I, Erwin Haitzmann, certify that:

     1. I have reviewed this quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Century  Casinos,
Inc.;

     2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly
report;

     3. Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other  financial
information  included in this quarterly  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 quarterly report;

     4. The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers 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:

     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;

     b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure controls and
procedures  and presented in this  quarterly  report our  conclusions  about the
effectiveness  of the disclosure  controls and procedures,  as of the end of the
period covered by this quarterly report based on such evaluation; and

     c)  disclosed  in this  quarterly  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;

     5. The registrant's other certifying  officers 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 function):

     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

     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.

Date:  July 28, 2004

/s/Erwin Haitzmann

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Erwin Haitzmann
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer