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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-02-000443
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20020819
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020829
<REPORTING-OWNER>

COMPANY DATA:	
	COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FRIEDRICHS WILLIAM
	CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001136942
<RELATIONSHIP>OWNER

FILING VALUES:
	FORM TYPE:		3

BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
	STREET 1:		16815 ROYALE CREST DRIVE
	STREET 2:		#260
	CITY:			HOUSTON
	STATE:			TX
	ZIP:			77058
	BUSINESS PHONE:		7138254459
</REPORTING-OWNER>

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:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13992
		FILM NUMBER:		02751862

	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
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   <font size="5" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Form 3</b></font>
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   <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><b><font size="2">UNITED
   STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, DC 20549<br>
   <br>INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES</font><br>
   <br>Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
   Section 17(a) of the </b></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">
   <b>Public Utility<br> Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment
   Company Act of 1940 </b></font></p>
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  <td width="143"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">
   <center>OMB APPROVAL</center>OMB Number: 3235-0104<br>Expires: January 31, 2005<br>
   Estimated average burden<br>hours per response. . . 0.5</font>
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   <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(Print or type responses)</font>
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  <td width="190" rowspan="3"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1. Name
   and Address of Reporting Person*<br><b>William Friedrichs</b>
   <HR noshade size=1><center>(Last)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(First)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Middle)<br></center>
   <br><b>16815 Royale Crest Drive, #260</b>
   <HR noshade size=1><center>(Street)</center><br>
   <b>Houston, Texas  77058</b><br>
   <HR noshade size=1><center>(City)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(State)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Zip)<br></font></center>
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  <td width="110"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2. Date
   of Event<br>Requiring Statement<br>(Month/Day/Year)<br><b>08/19/2002</b><br></font>
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  <td colspan="2" valign="top"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4.
   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol<br><br><b>RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(RICK)</b></font>
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  <td rowspan="2" width="110"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">3.
   I.R.S. Identification<br>Number of Reporting<br>Person, if an entity<br>(voluntary)<br><br><b></b></font><br>
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  <td rowspan="2" width="216"> <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">5.
   Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer<br>
   (Check all applicable)<br>
   ___ Director &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;_<b>X</b>_10% Owner<br>
   ___ Officer (give &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;___ Other (specify<br>
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;title below)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
   below)<br><br><center><b></b></font><hr size="1" noshade width="150"></center>
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  <td width="246"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">6. If Amendment,
   Date of<br>Original (Month/Day/Year)<br><b></b></font>
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  <td width="246"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">7. Individual
   or Joint/Group<br>Filing (Check Applicable Line)<br>_<b>X</b>_ Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>
   ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person</font><br>
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   <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><BR><b>Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned</b></font>
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  <td width="242" valign="top"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1. Title
   of Security<br>(Instr. 4)</font></td>
  <td width="139" valign="top"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2. Amount
   of Securities<br>Beneficially Owned<br>(Instr. 4)</font></td>
  <td width="77"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">3. Ownership<br>
   Form: Direct<br>(D) or Indirect<br>(I) (Instr. 5)</font></td>
  <td width="305" valign="top"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4. Nature
   of Indirect Beneficial Ownership<br>(Instr. 5)</font></td>
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  <td width="242"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>common stock par value $.01 per share</b></font></td>
  <td width="139"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>160,000</b></font></td>
  <td width="77"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>I</b></font></td>
  <td width="305"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>WMF Investments, Inc.</b></font></td>
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  <td width="242"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>common stock par value $.01 per share</b></font></td>
  <td width="139"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>231,850</b></font></td>
  <td width="77"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>D</b></font></td>
  <td width="305"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
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   <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><BR><b>Table II - Derivative Securities
   Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)</b></font>
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  <td rowspan="2" width="228"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">1.
   Title of Derivative Security<br>(Instr. 4)</font></td>
  <td colspan="2"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2. Date Exer-<br>
   cisable and<br>Expiration<br>Date<br>(Month/Day/Year)<br><br></font></td>
  <td colspan="2"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">3. Title
   and Amount of Securities Underlying<br>Derivative Security<br>(Instr. 4)</font></td>
  <td rowspan="2" width="49"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4.
   Conver-<br>sion or<br>Exercise<br>Price of<br>Deri-<br>vative<br>Security </font></td>
  <td rowspan="2" width="65"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">5.
   Owner-<br>ship<br>Form of<br>Deriv-<br>ative<br>Security:<br>Direct<br>(D) or<br>
   Indirect<br>(I)<br>(Instr. 5)</font></td>
  <td rowspan="2" width="132"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">6.
   Nature of Indirect<br>Beneficial Ownership<br>(Instr. 5)</font></td>
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   <div align="left"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Date<br>
    Exer-cisable</font></div>
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  <td align="center" width="35">
   <div align="left"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Expira-<br>
    tion<br>Date</font></div>
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  <td align="center" width="149"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Title</font></td>
  <td align="center" width="42">
   <div align="left"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Amount<br>
    or<br>Number<br>of<br>Shares</font></div>
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  <td width="228"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>None</b></font></td>
  <td width="47"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td width="35"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td width="149"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td width="42"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td width="49"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td width="65"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
  <td width="132"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
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   <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Explanation of Responses:<br>
   <br><b>Mr. Friedrichs is a control person of WMF Investments, Inc.</b></font><br><br>
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  <td align="right" width="23" valign="top"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">**</font></td>
  <td align="left" width="365" valign="top"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Intentional
   misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
   See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).</font>
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   <font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>/s/&nbsp;William Friedrichs</b>
   <hr noshade size="1" width="314">
   **Signature of Reporting Person</font>
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  <td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>08/19/2002</b>&nbsp;
   <hr noshade size="1" width="80">Date</font>
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  <td align="right" width="23"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Note:</font></td>
  <td colspan="3"><font size="1" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">File three
   copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,<br>
   See Instruction 6 for procedure.</font>
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