Exhibit 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

          We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Independent
Auditors" in the  Registration  Statement  (Form S-3) and related  Prospectus of
GTECH Holdings  Corporation,  GTECH Corporation,  GTECH Rhode Island Corporation
and GTECH Latin America  Corporation  for the  registration  of  $175,000,000 of
1-3/4% Convertible  Debentures due December 15, 2021 and to the incorporation by
reference  therein of our report  dated March 27, 2001 (except for Note S, as to
which the date is December 18, 2001), with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of GTECH  Holdings  Corporation  as of February 24, 2001 and February
26, 2000 and for each of the three years in the period  ended  February 24, 2001
included in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated  February 27, 2002,  filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/ Ernst & Young, LLP
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Boston, Massachusetts
February 20, 2002