EXHIBIT 23.1



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Scientific Games Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form
S-8 of Scientific Games Corporation of our report dated February 13, 2002,
except for the first paragraph of note 25 which is as of March 19, 2002 and the
second paragraph of note 25 which is as of February 26, 2002, with respect to
the consolidated balance sheets of Scientific Games Corporation and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2000 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and comprehensive loss, cash flows, and related
financial statement schedule for each of the years ended October 31, 1999 and
2000, the two months ended December 31, 2000 and the year ended December 31,
2001, which report appears in the annual report on Form 10-K/A of Scientific
Games Corporation for the year ending December 31, 2001.


KPMG LLP


Short Hills, New Jersey
December 6, 2002