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EXHIBIT 31.1

                  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     I,  Eric  S. Langan, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of
Rick's  Cabaret  International,  Inc.,  certify  that:

1.   I  have  reviewed  this  quarterly  report on Form 10-QSB of Rick's Cabaret
     International,  Inc.;

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a  material  fact  or  omit  to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were  made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to  the period covered by this
     report;

3.   Based  on  my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and other financial
     information  included  in  this  report,  fairly  present  in  all material
     respects  the  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
     the  small  business  issuer  as of, and for, the periods presented in this
     report;

4.   As  Chief  Executive  Officer and Chief Financial Officer, I am responsible
     for  establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures (as
     defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(e)  and  15d-15(e)) for the small
     business  issuer  and  have:

     (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or caused such
     disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to
     ensure  that  material  information  relating to the small business issuer,
     including  its  consolidated  subsidiaries,  is  made known to us by others
     within  those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
     is  being  prepared;

     (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
     internal  control  over  financial  reporting  to  be  designed  under  my
     supervision,  to  provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
     financial  reporting  and  the  preparation  of  financial  statements  for
     external  purposes  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting
     principles;

     (c)  Evaluated  the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure
     controls  and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
     the  effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
     of  the  period  covered  by  this  report  based  on  such evaluation; and

     (d)  Disclosed  in  this  report  any change in the small business issuer's
     internal  control  over  financial reporting that occurred during the small
     business  issuer's most recent fiscal year that has materially affected, or
     is  reasonably  likely  to  materially  affect, the small business issuer's
     internal  control  over  financial  reporting;  and

5.   I  have  disclosed,  based on my most recent evaluation of internal control
     over  financial  reporting,  to  the  small  business  issuer's independent
     registered  public  accounting  firm  and  the audit committee of the small
     business  issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
     functions):

     (a)  All  significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
     likely  to  adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record,
     process,  summarize  and  report  financial  information;  and

     (b)  Any  fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
     employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in  the small business issuer's
     internal  control  over  financial  reporting.


Date: August 11, 2006               By: /s/ Eric S. Langan
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                                    Eric S. Langan
                                    Chief Executive Officer and
                                    Chief Financial Officer
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