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<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;July 23, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, 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: 30%; text-align: center">001-13992</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; text-align: center">76-0037324</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(State Or Other Jurisdiction&nbsp;of<BR>Incorporation)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;(IRS Employer Identification<BR>No.)</TD></TR>
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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-weight: bold">ITEM 5.02</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On July 23, 2012, we entered into a new
Employment Agreement with our Chief Executive Officer and President, Eric Langan.&nbsp;&nbsp;His previous employment agreement
expired on April 1, 2012. The new agreement has a term of three years and provides for an annual base salary of $750,000 for the
first year of the term and an annual base salary of $825,000 for the second and third year of the term. The agreement also provides
for bonus eligibility, expense reimbursement, participation in all benefit plans maintained by us for salaried employees and two
weeks paid vacation. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Langan is bound to a confidentiality provision and cannot compete with
us for a period upon termination of the agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On July 23, 2012, we entered into a new
Employment Agreement with Travis Reese, our Executive V.P. and Chief Technology Officer. He previously served under the title &ldquo;Executive
V.P. and Director of Technology.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;His previous employment agreement expired on February 1, 2012. The new agreement has a term of two years and provides for an annual base salary of $230,000 for the first year of the term and an annual
base salary of $240,000 for the second year of the term. The agreement also provides for bonus eligibility, expense reimbursement,
participation in all benefit plans maintained by us for salaried employees and two weeks paid vacation. Under the terms of the
agreement, Mr. Reese is bound to a confidentiality provision and cannot compete with us for a period upon termination of the agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;Copies of both employment agreements
are attached to this current report as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96px; font-weight: bold">ITEM 9.01</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(c) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD>10.2</TD>
    <TD>Employment Agreement with Travis Reese</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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">RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">Date:&nbsp; July 23, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">By:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Eric Langan</TD></TR>
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    <TD>President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) Of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report:  July 23, 2012
RICK'S CABARET INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in Its Charter)
Texas
001-13992
76-0037324
(State Or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification
No.)
10959 Cutten Road
Houston, Texas 77066
(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
Including Zip Code)
(281) 397-6730
(Issuer's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
ITEM 5.02
COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
On July 23, 2012, we entered into a new
Employment Agreement with our Chief Executive Officer and President, Eric Langan.  His previous employment agreement
expired on April 1, 2012. The new agreement has a term of three years and provides for an annual base salary of $750,000 for the
first year of the term and an annual base salary of $825,000 for the second and third year of the term. The agreement also provides
for bonus eligibility, expense reimbursement, participation in all benefit plans maintained by us for salaried employees and two
weeks paid vacation. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Langan is bound to a confidentiality provision and cannot compete with
us for a period upon termination of the agreement.
On July 23, 2012, we entered into a new
Employment Agreement with Travis Reese, our Executive V.P. and Chief Technology Officer. He previously served under the title "Executive
V.P. and Director of Technology."  His previous employment agreement expired on February 1, 2012. The new agreement has a term of two years and provides for an annual base salary of $230,000 for the first year of the term and an annual
base salary of $240,000 for the second year of the term. The agreement also provides for bonus eligibility, expense reimbursement,
participation in all benefit plans maintained by us for salaried employees and two weeks paid vacation. Under the terms of the
agreement, Mr. Reese is bound to a confidentiality provision and cannot compete with us for a period upon termination of the agreement.
Copies of both employment agreements
are attached to this current report as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2.
ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
10.1
Employment Agreement with Eric Langan
10.2
Employment Agreement with Travis Reese
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.
Date:  July 23, 2012
By:
/s/  Eric Langan
Eric Langan
President and Chief Executive Officer