
                                                                    Exhibit 23.1
[The following text appears as letterhead:

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
1000 First Interstate Center
401 N. 31st Street
P.O. Box 7108
Billings, MT 59103]




                          Independent Accountants' 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. (formerly Video Lottery Technologies,
Inc.) 1991 Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan of our report dated  February 28, 1997
with respect to the consolidated  balance sheets of Video Lottery  Technologies,
Inc.  and  subsidiaries,  as of  December  31,  1996 and 1995,  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, 1996, which report
appears in the Form 10-K of Video  Lottery  Technologies,  Inc.  dated March 27,
1997.


/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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Billings, Montana
January 15, 1998


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