Exhibit 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Autotote Corporation:

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(No's 33-82612, 33-46594, 33-27737, 333-05811,  333-44983 and 333-44979) on Form
S-8 of Autotote  Corporation of our report dated December 11, 1998,  relating to
the consolidated  balance sheets of Autotote  Corporation and subsidiaries as of
October  31,  1998,  and  1997,  and  the  related  consolidated  statements  of
operations,  stockholders' equity (deficit), cash flows, and financial statement
schedule for each of the years in the three-year  period ended October 31, 1998,
which report appears in the Form 10-K of Autotote Corporation for the year ended
October 31, 1998.


KPMG LLP

Short Hills New Jersey
January 27, 1999