
                                                   Exhibit 5.0 and Exhibit  23.2
[The following text appears as letterhead:

Rogers & Hardin
Attorneys at Law
2700 International Tower, Peachtree Center
229 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 522-4700
TELEX:  54-2335
TELECOPIER:  (404) 525-2224]


                               January 16, 1998

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

                  RE:      Powerhouse Technologies, Inc.
                           Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel to Powerhouse Technologies,  Inc., (the "Company")
in connection with the filing by the Company of a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration  Statement") with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the "Commission") registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"),  402,717 shares of Common Stock,  par value $0.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"),  of the Company  issuable in connection  with the Company's  1991 Stock
Purchase  Plan,  as amended (the  "Plan").  (All such shares of Common Stock are
referred to herein as the "Shares".)

     The opinion  hereinafter  set forth is given pursuant to Item 8 of Form S-8
and Item 601 of Regulation  S-K. Such opinion is given solely for the benefit of
the Commission, may be relied upon only by the Commission in connection with the
Registration Statement and may not be used, circulated, quoted or referred to by
or filed with any other person or entity,  including any other governmental unit
or agency, without first obtaining the express written consent of this firm.

     In giving the opinion  hereinafter  set forth, we have examined the minutes
of the  proceedings  of the  stockholders  and the  Board  of  Directors  of the
Company, the Plan and such other agreements,  documents, instruments and records
as we deemed necessary or appropriate  under the circumstances for us to express
the  opinion  hereinafter  set forth.  As to various  factual  matters  that are
material to our  opinion,  we have relied upon  certificates  of officers of the
Company and  certificates of various public  officials.  In making the foregoing
examinations,  we assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of
all  documents  submitted to us as  originals,  the  conformity  to the original
documents  of all  documents  submitted  to us as copies,  the  authority of the
person or persons who executed each of such documents on behalf of any person or
entity other than the Company,  the correctness and accuracy of all certificates
of officers of the Company and the correctness and accuracy of all  certificates
of various public officials.

     We are members of the Bar of, and are  admitted  to  practice  only in, the
State of Georgia.  Accordingly,  we express no opinion  herein as to the laws of
any  jurisdiction  other than the United  States,  the State of Georgia  and the
Delaware  General  Corporation  Law (the "DGCL").  To the extent that any of the
opinions  contained  herein requires  consideration of the laws of a state other
than the State of Georgia or the DGCL,  we have assumed,  with your  permission,
that the laws of such state are the same as the laws of the State of Georgia.

     Based upon and subject to the  foregoing,  we are of the  opinion  that the
Shares,  when issued in accordance  with the Plan against payment in full of the
purchase price therefor, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     Our  conclusions  are  limited to the  matters  expressly  set forth as our
"opinion" in the immediately  preceding paragraph,  and no opinion is implied or
is to be inferred beyond the matters expressly so stated.  Such opinion is given
as of the date hereof,  and we expressly  decline any  undertaking  to revise or
update such opinion subsequent to the date hereof or to advise the Commission of
any matter arising  subsequent to the date hereof that would cause us to modify,
in whole or in part, such opinion.

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     We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of the
Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

                                Very truly yours,

                               /s/ Rogers & Hardin
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                                 ROGERS & HARDIN

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