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**CERTIFICATION      PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE**

**SARBANES-OXLEY      ACT OF 2002**

| 1. | I                have reviewed this quarterly                report on Form 10-KSB of Rick’s                Cabaret International,                Inc.; |
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| 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; |
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| 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; |
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| 4. | The                small business                issuer’s                other certifying                officer and                I are                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: |
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|   | (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; |
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|   | (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; |
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|   | (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 |
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|   | (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 |
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| 5. | The                small business                issuer’s                other certifying officer and                I have                disclosed, based                on                our                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): |
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|   | (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 |
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|   | (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. |
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| Date:                December 19, 2007 | By:    | /s/                Phillip K. Marshall                                            |   |
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|                                   |   | Phillip                K. Marshall                                                |
|                                   |   | Chief                Financial Officer/Principal Financial                Officer |

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