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                                Exhibit 23(b)

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Post
Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 2-82186 (Form S-8) and
related prospectus pertaining to the 1982 Employee Stock Option Plan of WMS 
Industries Inc. and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report 
dated August 19, 1997,  with respect to the consolidated financial statements 
and schedules of WMS Industries Inc. included or incorporated by reference in 
its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 1997, filed with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission. 




                                                   /s/  Ernst & Young LLP



Chicago, Illinois
September 30, 1997