Securities and Exchange Commission
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 8-K/A
                               Amendment Number 1

                                 Current Report
                       Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) Of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                         Date of Report:  July 22, 2005

                       RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.
         (Exact  Name  of  Registrant  As  Specified  in  Its  Charter)

            Texas                       000-26958                76-0037324
(State Or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

                                10959 Cutten Road
                              Houston, Texas 77066
          (Address Of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

                                 (281) 397-6730
            (Registrant's  Telephone  Number,  Including  Area  Code)



ITEM  2.03     CREATION  OF  A  DIRECT  FINANCIAL  OBLIGATION


     We issued a new Secured Convertible Debenture (the "Replacement Debenture")
to  Ralph  McElroy  ("Holder") which superseded and replaced in its entirety the
Secured Convertible Debenture previously issued and as discussed in our Form 8-K
filed  on  August  3,  2005  (the  "Original  Debenture").

     The  Replacement  Debenture,  which has the same effective date of July 22,
2005,  as  the  Original Debenture, was issued to the Holder, a greater than 10%
shareholder  of  the Company, for the principal sum of $660,000 bearing interest
at the rate of 12% per annum, with a maturity date of August 1, 2008.  Under the
terms  of  the  Replacement  Debenture, we are required to make monthly interest
payments  beginning  September  1,  2005.  We  have  the  right  to  redeem  the
Replacement  Debenture  in  whole  or in part at any time during the term of the
Replacement  Debenture.  At the election of the Holder, the Holder has the right
to  require  the Replacement Debenture to be repaid in thirty (30) equal monthly
installments commencing February 2006.  The Holder has the option to convert all
or  any portion of the principal amount of the Replacement Debenture into shares
of  our  common  stock  at  a rate of $3.00 per share (the "Conversion Shares"),
subject  to  adjustment  under  certain  conditions.  The  Replacement Debenture
provides,  absent  shareholder approval, that the number of shares of our common
stock  that may be issued by us or acquired by the Holder upon conversion of the
Replacement  Debenture shall not exceed 19.99% of the total number of issued and
outstanding  shares  of  our common stock.  The Conversion Shares have piggyback
registration  rights.  The  Replacement  Debenture  is secured by certain of our
assets.  Additionally,  as  previously disclosed in our Form 8-K filed on August
3,  2005, we issued the Holder a Warrant to purchase 50,000 shares of our common
stock  at  an exercise price of $3.00 per share until July 22, 2008.   The terms
and  conditions  of  the  transaction were the result of arms-length negotiation
between  the  parties.


                                   SIGNATURES

     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.

                                       RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.



                                           By: /s/ Eric Langan
                                           -------------------
Date:  August 9, 2005                      Eric Langan
                                           Chairman, President, Chief Executive
                                           Officer and Acting Chief Accounting
                                           Officer