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Exhibit  32.2

                   CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(b) OR
                     RULE 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. Sec.1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection with the annual report of Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. (the
"Company")  on  Form  10-KSB  for  the  period ended September 30, 2003 as filed
with  the  Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I,  Eric S. Langan, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Sec.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of  2002,  that:

     (1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934;  and

     (2)     The  information  contained  in  the Report fairly presents, in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Company.

Date:  December  29,  2003              By:     /s/ Eric S. Langan
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                                        Eric  S.  Langan
                                        Chief  Financial  Officer


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