EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
   
  We consent to the inclusion in this Amendment No. 3 to Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of our report, which includes an explanatory paragraph
for changes in accounting methods, dated February 14, 1996 on our audits of
the financial statements of Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc. as of December 31,
1994 and 1995 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1995; our report, which includes an explanatory paragraph for changes in
accounting methods, dated February 14, 1996 on our audits of the financial
statements of Coast Resorts, Inc. (parent company only) as of December 31,
1994 and 1995 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1995; our report, which includes an explanatory paragraph related to Coast
West's reliance on advances from Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc., dated
February 14, 1996 on our audit of the financial statements of Coast West, Inc.
as of December 31, 1995 and for the period September 29, 1995 (the date of
inception) through December 31, 1995; and our report dated February 14, 1996
on the financial statement schedule of Coast Hotels and Casinos, Inc. for each
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1995. We also consent to
the reference to our firm under the captions "Selected Financial And Operating
Data" and "Experts."     
 
COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
 
Las Vegas, Nevada
   
July 16, 1996