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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
NTN Communications, Inc.:


   We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-17247 and No. 333-12777) on Form S-8 and in the registration statements
(No. 333-80143, No. 333-69383, No. 333-40625, No. 333-14129, No. 33-42350, No.
33-77826, No. 33-97780, No. 33-64417 and No. 333-03805) on Form S-3 of NTN
Communications, Inc. of our report dated March 9, 2000, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of NTN Communications, Inc.  and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
three year period ended December 31, 1999, and the related financial statement
schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form
10-K on NTN Communications, Inc.

                                        /s/ KPMG LLP

San Diego, California
March 15, 2000