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                                  EXHIBIT 99.1



RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC. RESPONDS TO PRESS REPORT


HOUSTON  -  (March 26, 2006) - RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC. (NASDAQ: RICK)
said today that it is not a part of and has no knowledge of any investigation by
the  U.S.  Attorney's  office  in  Brooklyn  into  alleged  manipulation  by
organized-crime families of the stocks of more than a dozen companies, including
its  own.

ERIC LANGAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF RICK'S CABARET posted a Letter to Shareholders
on  the  company's  website  over  the  weekend,  as  follows:

"On  Thursday  the  Dow Jones News Service, The Wall Street Journal and New York
Post carried stories about an indictment of some organized crime figures over an
alleged stock manipulation scheme. The Post story seems to say that this alleged
scheme took place in the late 1990s and 2000, but none of the stories made clear
when  it  purportedly  occurred.  According  to  the  Journal, one of the stocks
mentioned  in  the indictment as having been manipulated was Rick's Cabaret.  We
know nothing about these allegations and have had no contact with the Department
of  Justice  or  anyone  else  on  this  matter.

"After  the close of market on Friday, the Associated Press carried a story that
tried to link our Friday stock performance to the federal indictment. An initial
AP  story  stated,  falsely,  that  we were somehow a part of the investigation,
implied  that  the alleged activities were recent and stated that the indictment
was  the  reason  for  a pricing pullback on Friday. We immediately called AP to
protest  and  issued a statement to the wire service as follows:  'We have never
heard of any of the people named in this reported Justice Department indictment,
we  have  no  relationship  with  any  of  them, and we know nothing about these
allegations.  The  first  we  ever heard of these charges was when we read about
them  in The Wall Street Journal. Our stock trades in an orderly and transparent
fashion  and  has  done  so  for  many  years.'

"The  AP  issued a new story that carried my statement and also pointed out that
we  'were  not  accused  of  any  wrongdoing.'  However, the AP included a wild,
unsubstantiated  headline  that  said  our  shares  had  'fallen on manipulation
scheme.'  The  AP  seems to have violated the most fundamental principle of good
journalism  - be accurate and get a source for your story before you publish it.
The  sensationalist headline is absolutely false and obviously AP had no source,
or  else  the  story  would  have  cited  it.

"Our  stock  was  down 45 cents at the close on Friday from a close of $6.20 the
day  before. My own belief is that the pullback in our share price on Friday was
a  natural  market  phenomenon  following  the  rise this past week. At Friday's
close,  our shares were up 5.9% on the week and we are up 50% since the start of
the  year. There could be any number of reasons why our shares have been rising,
but  I  believe  that  the  market  is  recognizing  that our steadily improving
financial  performance  makes  us  a  good  investment.  "

ABOUT  RICK'S  CABARET
Rick's  Cabaret  International,  Inc.  (NASDAQ:  RICK,  www.ricks.com)  operates
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upscale  adult  nightclubs  serving primarily businessmen and professionals that
offer live adult entertainment, restaurant and bar operations. The company owns,
operates  or  licenses  adult nightclubs in New York City, New Orleans, Houston,
Minneapolis  and  other  cities  under  the names "Rick's Cabaret," "XTC," "Club
Onyx"  and  "Hummers." No sexual contact is permitted at any of these locations.
Rick's  Cabaret  also  owns  the  adult  Internet  membership  Web  site,
www.couplestouch.com,  and  a  network  of  nine  online auction sites for adult
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products under the flagship URL www.naughtybids.com. Rick's Cabaret common stock
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is  traded  on  the  NASDAQ  SmallCap market under the symbol RICK.  For further
information  contact  ir@ricks.com.
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FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS:

This document contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks
and  uncertainties  that  could  cause  the  company's  actual results to differ
materially  from  those  indicated  in  this  document,  including the risks and
uncertainties  associated  with  operating  and  managing an adult business, the
business climates in New York City and elsewhere, the success or lack thereof in
launching  and building the company's businesses in New York City and elsewhere,
risks  and uncertainties related to the operational and financial results of our
Web  sites,  conditions relevant to real estate transactions, and numerous other
factors  such as laws governing the operation of adult entertainment businesses,
competition  and dependence on key personnel. Rick's has no obligation to update
or  revise  the  forward-looking  statements to reflect the occurrence of future
events  or  circumstances.     For  further  information  go  to  www.ricks.com.
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CONTACT  FOR  FURTHER INFORMATION:     ALLAN PRIAULX, 212-338-0050, IR@RICKS.COM
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