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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

              We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following (i)
Registration Statement No. 2-82186 on Form S-8 filed March 3, 1983; (ii)
Registration Statement No. 33-48363 on Form S-8 filed June 3, 1992; (iii)
Registration Statement No. 33-79146 on Form S-8 filed May 19, 1994; (iv)
Registration Statement No. 333-06021 on Form S-8 filed June 14, 1996; (v)
Registration Statement No. 333-48697 on Form S-8 filed March 26, 1998; (vi)
Registration Statement No. 333-57585 on Form S-8 filed June 24, 1998; and (vii)
Registration Statement No. 333-83021 on Form S-3 filed July 16, 1999, and in the
related Prospectuses, of our report dated August 12, 1999 with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of WMS Industries Inc. and
subsidiaries, included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) of WMS Industries Inc.
for the year ended June 30, 1999.


                                                    /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Chicago, Illinois
September 3, 1999