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EXHIBIT 23.1

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We  consent  to  the  inclusion  in  this  Registration  Statement on Form SB-2,
Post-Effective  Amendment  No.  1,  of  our  report dated December 2, 2005, with
respect  to  our  audit  of  the  consolidated  balance sheets of Rick's Cabaret
International,  Inc. as of September 30, 2005 and 2004, and related consolidated
statements  of  operations,  changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
the  years  then  ended,  which report appears in the Prospectus, and is part of
this  Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our firm under
the  heading  "Experts"  in  such  Prospectus.

/s/ Whitley Penn LLP

Dallas, Texas
May 16, 2006

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