
                                                                    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.) 1994 Stock  Incentive  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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