INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the use in this Post-Effective  Amendment  No. 1 to  Registration
Statement No.  333-81613 on Form S-4 of Riviera  Black Hawk,  Inc. of our report
dated  February 19, 1999,  (which report  expresses an  unqualified  opinion and
includes an explanatory paragraph referring to Riviera Black Hawk, Inc.'s status
as a development  stage company)  appearing in the Prospectus,  which is part of
this  Registration  Statement,  and to the  reference  to us under  the  heading
"Experts" in such Prospectus.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


Las Vegas Nevada
December 7, 1999