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                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Powerhouse Technologies, Inc.:

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration  statement
on Form S-8 of Powerhouse  Technologies,  Inc. 1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
of our report dated February 20, 1998, except for the last paragraph of note 11,
which is as of February  28,  1998,  with  respect to the  consolidated  balance
sheets of Powerhouse  Technologies,  Inc. and  subsidiaries,  as of December 31,
1997  and  1996,  and  the  related   consolidated   statements  of  operations,
stockholders'  equity,  and cash  flows for each of the years in the  three-year
period  ended  December  31,  1997,  which  report  appears  in the Form 10-K of
Powerhouse Technologies, Inc. dated March 30, 1998.




                                           /S/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


Billings, Montana
March 30, 1998

