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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001015402-99-000858.txt : 19990817
<SEC-HEADER>0001015402-99-000858.hdr.sgml : 19990817
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001015402-99-000858
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	19990801
FILED AS OF DATE:		19990816

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RICKS CABARET INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000935419
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810]
		IRS NUMBER:				760037324
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13992
		FILM NUMBER:		99690464

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		505 NORTH BELT SUITE 630
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77060
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2818201181

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		505 NORTH BELT SUITE 630
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77060
<REPORTING-OWNER>

COMPANY DATA:	
	COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BERGSTROM ALAN
	CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001093250
	STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 []
<RELATIONSHIP>DIRECTOR

FILING VALUES:
	FORM TYPE:		3

BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
	STREET 1:		505 NORTH BELT SUITE 630
	CITY:			HOUSTON
	STATE:			TX
	ZIP:			77060
	BUSINESS PHONE:		2818201181
</REPORTING-OWNER>
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
<TEXT>

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<CAPTION>
- ----------------                              U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                   ----------------------------
|F  O  R  M   3|                                       Washington, D.C. 20549                           |       OMB APPROVAL       |
- ----------------                                                                                        |--------------------------|
                                       INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP             |OMB Number       3235-0104|
                                                                                                        |Expires: September 30,1998|
                             Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,    |Estimated ave. burden     |
                                Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or      |hours per response.....0.5|
(Print or Type Response)                 Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940               ----------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event        |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                       |
|                                        |  Requiring Statement  | "RICK" Rick's Cabaret International, Inc.                       |
| Alan Bergstrom                         |  (Month/Day/Year)     |                                                                 |
|----------------------------------------|                       |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|      (Last)             (First)    (MI)| August 4, 1999        |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to  |6.If Amendment, Date of  |
|                                        |                       |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)        |  Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
| 505 North Belt, Suite 630              |                       |                                       |                         |
|                                        |-----------------------| XXX    Director         ___ 10% Owner |         /  /            |
|                                        |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |                                       |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|  of Reporting Person  |                                       |7.Individual or Joint/   |
|      (Street)                          |  (Voluntary)          |___Officer           ___Other          |  Group Filing           |
|                                        |                       |(give title below)(Specify below)      |  (Check Applicable Line)|
|                                        |                       |                                       | X  Form filed by One    |
| Houston, Texas 77060                   |                       |                                       |--- Reporting Person     |
|                                        |                       |                                       |    Form filed by More   |
|                                        |                       |                                       |--- than Reporting Person|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)  |     TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                              |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)            |2.Amount of Securities       |3.Ownership   |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial           |
|                                          |  Beneficially Owned         |  Form:       |  Ownership (Instr. 5)                    |
|                                          |  (Instr. 4)                 |  Direct (D)  |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  or Indirect |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  (I)(Instr.5)|                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|<S>                                       |<C>                          |<C>           |<C>                                       |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
| Common Sock, par value $.01              |    5,000                    |    D         |                                          |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
                                                                                                                              (Over)
    Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required    SEC 1473 (7-97)
    to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FORM 3 (continued)          TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
                                       (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1.Title of Derivative     |2.Date Exercisable    |3.Title and Amount of Underlying      |4.Conversion |5.Ownership|6.Nature of    |
|  Security (Instr. 4)     |  and Expiration      |  Derivative Security (Instr. 4)      |  or         |  Form of  |  Indirect     |
|                          |  Date                |                                      |  Exercise   |  Deriv-   |  Beneficial   |
|                          |  (Month/Day/Year)    |                                      |  Price of   |  ative    |  Ownership    |
|                          |----------------------|--------------------------------------|  Derivative |  Security:|  (Instr. 5)   |
|                          |Date       |Expiration|                            |Amount or|  Security   |  Direct   |               |
|                          |Exercisable|Date      |           Title            |Number   |             |  (D) or   |               |
|                          |           |          |                            |of Shares|             |  Indirect |               |
|                          |           |          |                            |         |             |  (I)      |               |
|                          |           |          |                            |         |             |  (Instr.5)|               |
|--------------------------|-----------|----------|----------------------------|---------|-------------|-----------|---------------|
|<S>                       |<C>        |<C>       |<C>                         |<C>      |<C>          |<C>        |<C>            |
|--------------------------|-----------|----------|----------------------------|---------|-------------|-----------|---------------|
|options on common stock   |08/04/1999 |08/04/2009| common stock               | 5,000   | $2.70       |   D       |               |
|options on common stock   |           |          |                            |         |             |           |               |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|options on common stock   |08/04/2000 |08/04/2009| common stock               | 5,000   | $2.70       |   D       |               |
|                          |           |          |                            |         |             |           |               |
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Explanation of Responses:


**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal     /s/ Alan Bergstrom                            08/13/1999
  Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).        --------------------------------------------  ----------
                                                                             Alan Bergstrom

                                                                             **Signature of Reporting Person              Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.                                                   PAGE: 2
                                                                                                                     SEC 1473 (7-97)
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