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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-020627
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150401
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150401

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000935419
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810]
		IRS NUMBER:				760458229
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13992
		FILM NUMBER:		15744015

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10959 CUTTEN ROAD
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77066
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2813976730

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10959 CUTTEN ROAD
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77066

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RICKS CABARET INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950112
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Current Report</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) Of</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Date of Report:&nbsp;&nbsp; April 1, 2015</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(Exact&nbsp;Name&nbsp;of&nbsp;Registrant&nbsp;As&nbsp;Specified&nbsp;in&nbsp;Its&nbsp;Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">001-13992</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">76-0458229</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">10959 Cutten Road</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Houston, Texas 77066</P>

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Including Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(281) 397-6730</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 8.01</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>OTHER EVENTS</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On April 1, 2015, we and our subsidiaries,
RCI Entertainment (New York), Inc. and Peregrine Enterprises, Inc., entered into an agreement to settle in full a New York based
federal wage and hour class action case filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The settlement
has been filed with the court for preliminary approval. Trial was scheduled to begin April 27, 2015. Under terms of the agreement,
RCI Entertainment (New York), Inc. and Peregrine Enterprises, Inc. will make up to $15 million available to class members and their
attorneys. The actual amount paid will be determined based on the number of class members responding by the end of a three-month
notice period, with final court approval expected some time after that. Any unclaimed checks or payments will revert back to our
subsidiaries. Based on the current schedule, an initial payment will be made in approximately five months, with two subsequent
payments of $1,833,333 each being made in equal annual installments. As part of the settlement, we were required to guarantee the
obligations of RCI Entertainment (New York), Inc. and Peregrine Enterprises, Inc. under the settlement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Filed in 2009, the case claimed Rick&rsquo;s
Cabaret New York misclassified entertainers as independent contractors. Plaintiffs sought minimum wage for the hours they danced
and return of certain fees. RCI Entertainment (New York), Inc. and Peregrine Enterprises, Inc. maintained the dancers were properly
classified, and alternatively, amounts earned were well in excess of the minimum wage and should satisfy any obligations.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On April 1, 2015, we issued a press release
to announce the settlement for the New York based federal wage and hour class action case. A copy of the press release is filed
as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>(d) Exhibits.</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Press Release</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">RCI HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;April 1, 2015</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Eric Langan</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Eric Langan</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>RCI Hospitality Subsidiaries and Plaintiffs Settlement in
New York FLSA Case</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">HOUSTON, TX&ndash;April 1, 2015&ndash;Subsidiaries of RCI Hospitality
Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqGM: RICK) today announced an agreement to settle in full a New York based federal wage and hour class action
case. The settlement has been filed for preliminary court approval. Trial was scheduled to begin April 27, 2015. Under terms of
the agreement:</P>

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their attorneys.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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period. Final court approval is expected after the three month notice period.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Based on the current schedule, an initial payment will be made in approximately five months, with two subsequent payments of
approximately $1.8 million each being made in annual installments.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Eric Langan, President and CEO of RCI Hospitality, commented,
&ldquo;We believe it is in the best interest of shareholders to resolve this case now, to eliminate uncertainty and the ongoing
cost of litigation. Based on response rates seen in other class actions of this nature, we anticipate that the ultimate amount
paid will be between $9.5 and $12.5 million, but the precise amount will not be known until the response period ends.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Filed in 2009, the case claimed Rick&rsquo;s Cabaret New York
misclassified entertainers as independent contractors. Plaintiffs sought minimum wage for the hours they danced and return of certain
fees. Rick&rsquo;s maintained the dancers were properly classified; amounts earned were well in excess of the minimum wage and
should satisfy any obligations. RCI subsidiaries were represented by Meister Seelig &amp; Fein.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Since 2009, RCI Hospitality subsidiaries have taken steps to
avoid these types of cases going forward and have been successful in having such cases dismissed.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This press release may contain forward-looking statements that
involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the company&rsquo;s actual results to differ materially from those
indicated in this press release, including the risks and uncertainties associated with operating and managing an adult business,
the business climates in cities where it operates, the success or lack thereof in launching and building the company&rsquo;s businesses,
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. The company has no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of future
events or circumstances.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Media &amp; Investor Contacts</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Gary Fishman and Steven Anreder at 212-532-3232 or gary.fishman@anreder.com
and steven.anreder@anreder.com</P>

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