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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



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, No. 333-03805, No. 333-33078 and No.
333-51650) 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/A of NTN Communications, Inc.


/s/ KPMG LLP

San Diego, California
February 28, 2001