1 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