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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1



            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of GTECH Holdings
Corporation for the registration of up to $150,000,000 of its 4.50% Senior Notes
due 2009 and up to $150,000,000 of its 5.25% Senior Notes due 2014 and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 29, 2004, except
for Note 25, as to which the date is May 5, 2004, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of GTECH Holdings Corporation
included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended February 28, 2004,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.





                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Boston, Massachusetts
January 7, 2005