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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23


               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

    We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form
10-K) of International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. of our report dated
February 9, 1996 included in the 1995 Annual Report to Shareholders of
International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc.

    Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of International
Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. listed in Item 14(a). This schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule
referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set
forth therein.

    We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (Form S-8, No. 2-99618) pertaining to the 1982 Employee Stock Option
Plan, (Form S-8, No. 33-34121) pertaining to the 1986 Employee Stock Option
Plan, (Form S-8, No. 33-34123) pertaining to the 1988 Employee Stock Option Plan
of International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc., (Form S-8, No.33-79938)
pertaining to the 1990 Stock Incentive Plan, (Form S-8, No. 33-69008) pertaining
to the 1993 Directors' Stock Option Plan and the Registration Statement (Form
S-3, No. 33-78194) and in the related Prospectuses of our report dated February
9, 1996, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
International Lottery & Totalizator Systems, Inc. included and incorporated by
reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31,
1995.

                                                       ERNST & YOUNG LLP

San Diego, California
March 15, 1996