Exhibit  Number          Description  of  Exhibit
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23(i)                    Consent  of  Jackson  &  Rhodes


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The  Board  of  Directors
Rick's  Cabaret  International,  Inc.



We  consent  to  the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form  S-8 of Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. of our report dated December 18,
1997,  relating  to  the  consolidated  balance  sheets  of  Rick's  Cabaret
International, Inc. as of September 30, 1997 and 1996 and the related statements
of operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years then
ended,  which  report  appears  in  the  annual  report on Form 10-KSB of Rick's
Cabaret  International,  Inc.

                                   /s/  Jackson  &  Rhodes,  P.C.
Dallas,  Texas
September  28,  1998


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