EXHIBIT 23.1

                        Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statement No. 333-82243 (Form S-4) of Isle of Capri
Casinos, Inc. for the offer to exchange up to $390,000,000 of its 8 3/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2009, Series B, for all of its outstanding 8 3/4% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2009, Series A, and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated June 10, 1999, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. incorporated by reference in
its Annual Report (Form 10-K) at April 25, 1999 and April 26, 1998 and for the
years ended April 25, 1999, April 26, 1998 and April 27, 1997, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

New Orleans, Louisiana
August 13, 1999