Am 18. April meldete er die Übernahme des Konkurrenten Scores-Las Vegas für 21 Millionen Dollar. Vier Tage zuvor hatte Langan in Dallas zugeschlagen und den Deal mit The Executive Club für 9,5 Millionen Dollar in trockene Tücher gebracht. Im September hatte er „Tootsie’s“ in Florida unter seine Fittiche genommen. Tootsie’s setzt auf 4366 Quadratmetern 18,8 Millionen Dollar um, der operative Gewinn ist mit 8,8 Millionen beziehungsweise einer Marge von 46,8 Prozent gigantisch. Die Cash-Maschine Tootsie’s war die bislang bedeutendste Transaktion von Rick’s Cabaret.

Die 3800 amerikanischen Nachtklubs sind in den Händen von vielen privaten Eigentümern. Die neun größten Ketten beherrschen gerade einmal vier Prozent des Markts. Für Stadtverwaltungen ist Rick’s Cabaret indes ein bevorzugter Partner. Denn dann können die Stadtoberen sicher sein, dass der neue Eigentümer brav seine Steuern zahlt und auf seine Reputation als Nasdaq-Konzern achte

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Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. (NASDAQ/GM: RICK), premium operator of upscale gentlemen's clubs, said today it has signed an agreement to buy a second Dallas adult nightclub, Platinum Club II, which it will re-brand as an upscale Club Onyx catering to African-American gentlemen.

Rick's Cabaret will pay $1.5 million for the Platinum Club II at 2051 Northwest Highway, just off busy I35-Stemmons Freeway. The company will also acquire the accompanying real estate at a cost of $6 million, paying $1.5 million at closing and financing the balance.

Platinum Club II was recently converted to an Urban Club format. Based on post-conversion operating data, Rick's Cabaret estimates the club will add approximately $4 to $5 million in annual revenue, with earnings before income tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) well within the company's current range for acquisitions. This transaction was not included in guidance the company issued in its May 8th earnings conference call.

"Platinum II has made a good start with its new Urban Gentlemen's format and we believe that adding the Club Onyx brand will only further that success," said Eric Langan, President and CEO of Rick's Cabaret. "The price we are paying is well within our target of acquiring clubs in the three to five times EBITDA range, plus it has strategic value as it gives us a total of three venues in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market. This improves management efficiency and gives us important marketing strength and purchasing power."

Closing on the transaction is scheduled within 45 days and is subject to certain closing conditions, including but not limited to Rick's Cabaret obtaining adequate financing, issuance by the City of Dallas of the necessary permit to conduct an adult entertainment business, other required approvals by relevant regulatory authorities, and other conditions consistent with transactions of this type.

Earlier this year Rick's Cabaret purchased the former Executive Club in Dallas, which has been rebranded as a Rick's Cabaret and will have a three-day Grand Opening celebration June 12-14, with a Due Diligence Ball for the investment community the evening of June 12th. New Orleans Nights in Ft. Worth was acquired in 2007 and has also been rebranded as Rick's Cabaret. The company owns and operates three Club Onyx nightclubs in Houston and Charlotte, which have an avid clientele of professional athletes, musicians and business executives.

About Rick's Cabaret: Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RICK) operates upscale adult nightclubs serving primarily businessmen and professionals that offer live adult entertainment, restaurant and bar operations. The company owns, operates or licenses adult nightclubs in New York City, Miami, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis and other cities under the names "Rick's Cabaret," "XTC," "Club Onyx" and "Tootsie's Cabaret". Sexual contact is not permitted at these locations. Rick's Cabaret also owns the adult Internet membership Web site, couplestouch.com, and a network of online adult auction sites under the flagship URL naughtybids.com. Rick's Cabaret common stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol RICK. For further information contact ir@ricks.com.

Forward-looking Statements: This document contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the company's actual results to differ materially from those indicated in this document, including the risks and uncertainties associated with operating and managing an adult business, the business climates in New York City and elsewhere, the success or lack thereof in launching and building the company's businesses in New York City and elsewhere, 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. Rick's has no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of future events or circumstances. For further information visit ricks.com.

SOURCE: Rick's Cabaret International, Inc.

Rick's Cabaret International, Inc. Allan Priaulx, 212-338-0050 ir@ricks.com

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Rick´s Cabaret International, Inc. Updates Guidance for 2008 and Outlook for 2009

During a conference call with investors on May 8, 2008, Rick´s Cabaret International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RICK), operator of upscale gentlemen´s clubs, issued new guidance for its revenues and income for the 2008 fiscal year and its outlook for 2009.

For its 2008 fiscal year the company said it expects to have sales of approximately $61 to $62 million, with after tax net income of about $10.5 to $11 million, on which it anticipates earning between $1.25 and $1.30 per fully diluted share. If spread over all of calendar 2008 revenues should equal about $68-$70 million, with net income of about $13 to $14 million and projected earnings of approximately $1.55 to $1.60 per fully diluted share.

The company´s outlook for fiscal 2009 anticipates revenues of exceeding $100 million, with earnings per share in the $2.30 to $2.50 range per fully diluted share.

The 2008 projections do not include the closing of a previously announced acquisition in Las Vegas while the 2009 outlook does include the Las Vegas transaction and continued execution of the company´s acquisition strategy.

These projections update the company´s previous guidance issued on February 13, 2007 and April 1, 2008. The company operates on a fiscal year ending September 30. Some projections have also been stated on a calendar year basis for ease in comparison with other companies.

About Rick´s Cabaret: Rick´s Cabaret International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RICK) operates upscale adult nightclubs serving primarily businessmen and professionals that offer live adult entertainment, restaurant and bar operations. The company owns, operates or licenses adult nightclubs in New York City, Miami, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis and other cities under the names "Rick´s Cabaret," "XTC," "Club Onyx" and "Tootsie´s Cabaret". Sexual contact is not permitted at these locations. Rick´s Cabaret also owns the adult Internet membership Web site, couplestouch.com, and a network of online adult auction sites under the flagship URL naughtybids.com. Rick´s Cabaret common stock is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol RICK. For further information contact ir@ricks.com.

Forward-looking Statements: This document contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause the company´s actual results to differ materially from those indicated in this document, including the risks and uncertainties associated with operating and managing an adult business, the business climates in cities where we operate, the success or lack thereof in launching and building the company´s businesses, risks and uncertainties related to the operational and financial results of our websites, 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. Rick´s Cabaret has no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of future events or circumstances. For further information visit ricks.com.

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For its 2008 fiscal year the company said it expects to have sales of approximately $61 to $62 million, with after tax net income of about $10.5 to $11 million, on which it anticipates earning between $1.25 and $1.30 per fully diluted share. If spread over all of calendar 2008 revenues should equal about $68-$70 million, with net income of about $13 to $14 million and projected earnings of approximately $1.55 to $1.60 per fully diluted share.

The company's outlook for fiscal 2009 anticipates revenues of exceeding $100 million, with earnings per share in the $2.30 to $2.50 range per fully diluted share.

es müssen mehr Clubs übernommen werden, anders kann ich mir das nich vorstellen.

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The naked truth about strip clubs

BY WILLIAM SHERMAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, July 8th 2007, 4:00 AM

Everything is dark walking inside from the street, straining the eyes. The music is loud rock with a throbbing bass.

Slowly, the eyes adjust to see red walls, leather chairs and couches, a bit of fluorescence on the walls.

Then, into the main room, in the bright light from above, a blond woman is dancing to the rhythm on a raised stage, naked save for a minuscule bit of lingerie, sinuous as a Slinky.

Welcome to Rick's Cabaret in Herald Square, one of Manhattan's elite gentlemen's clubs, upscale from top to bottom; from the Kobe beef burgers to the flat-screen TVs, lobster and bottles of Scotch.

This is the province of high rollers, a place where suits with expense accounts, rap stars and athletes such as Alex Rodriguez throw their money around - sometimes quite literally.

High-end strip clubs offer prewrapped bundles of various denominations of cash, generally in $1,000 packets, for those who want to buy tips for the dancers and others who want to throw cash up in the air on the dance floor for anyone who grabs it.

Rap stars and athletes popularized the custom, called "making rain."

And then there are the women, "the product," as club entrepreneurs call them, the main attraction, often supernaturally attractive, available near-naked for a lap dance or conversation at rates that range from $20 for two minutes to $400 an hour.

"One customer, a widower, spends $50,000 here a month, and no I won't tell you his name," said Eric Langan, the CEO of Rick's. "His wife died, he comes here, he feels he's the king. The loneliness is gone."

"He always takes a VIP room," said Langan, referring to the secluded, curtained-off rooms on the third floor slated for more private entertainment and gatherings, including bachelor parties.

There is no sexual contact with customers, management explains, no prostitution, no seediness like in the old-time strip clubs, and no organized crime hooks.

Today, gentlemen's clubs in the city, and across the nation, are becoming big business and quite conventionally corporate. With profit margins up to 30% they can rake in hundreds of millions of dollars.

Rick's is part of a publicly traded corporation, Rick's Cabaret International Inc., with shares traded on the NASDAQ, and accountants, attorneys, Securities and Exchange Commission filings and a business model not very much different than WalMart, except for what's being sold.

"For guys, it's male bonding, or an escape from reality," Langan said. "You want to believe this 19-year-old girl really loves you, is listening to you and maybe in another time, she could be your girlfriend. So you can spend $3,000 here and say 'Hey, I had a good time.'

"We want you to come back. We want your money every week," he said.

Rick's owns, operates or licenses, 14 adult entertainment clubs around the country, including venues in Houston, Minneapolis and New Orleans.

Another such company, VCG Holding Corp., publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange, owns eight clubs around the country and manages another five - none in New York.

The stock price of both - the only two publicly traded companies of their kind - have shot up remarkably over the last year or so. VCG, headquartered in Denver, is up 700% from its low and Rick's, headquartered in Houston, has climbed 100% from its 52-week low.

Because they are publicly traded, unlike Scores and the city's other upscale gentlemen's clubs, Rick's and VCG must disclose detailed balance sheets: profits, losses, costs and investments.

Those financials provide a unique look at the unusual economics of the modern strip clubs and the millions of dollars they generate.

One factor boosting the bottom line is that unlike other businesses, there is no cost for the key labor force, the strippers. Quite the opposite, for the dancers pay the clubs for the right to work.

The fee at Rick's is $100 a night, and in return, the women keep all the money they receive from customers, including credit-card charges. At Scores, better known and somewhat more luxurious, the dancers pay the club $300 a night to work.

"They're independent contractors," Langan said. "We provide a safe and secure place for them to earn their money."

He and Troy Lowrie, CEO of VCG Holdings, explained that the practice is accepted nationwide, and that dancers' fees account for about 10% of revenues in their business model.

The dancers say the fees, called "house charges," are a small price to pay when they consider their income.

Jasmine, a lissome blond dancer at Rick's, said, "It works out well. I have a masters in psychology from LIU [Long Island University] and I need to pay off my school loans. Where else could I make $600 a day or more?"

The other major revenue items are cover charges, food and alcoholic beverages, which provide the bulk of revenue.

"Revenues at Rick's in New York were up 63% in the first quarter," said Langan, 39. He got into the business at 20, in Dallas, buying his first club with the proceeds of his rare baseball card collection.

"It's all about the numbers," he said, quickly ticking off a few. The rent at the 10,000-square-foot club is $49,000 a month, he said, and gross profit margin on total revenues is about 35%.

Nothing is left to chance: To avoid day-after disputes with customers who decide they've spent too much, big-spending customers are fingerprinted, and sign separate approval forms for credit charges. Credit-card companies are telephoned in advance for approval on spending limits.

And business is booming.

"The top 30 clubs in the country are valued between $700 million and $1 billion," Langan said. "There's a lot of consolidation going on and we are expanding. I'd love to buy another club in New York."

Lowrie has similar ambitions. "Our guidance shows us buying two more clubs this year and five more clubs next year because with our stock price, we can raise money and we have a pipeline full of potential acquisitions."

There are about 3,600 strip clubs nationwide, Lowrie said. "And from a business point of view, it's all like Las Vegas was in the early '70s. Investors and banks are realizing that like gambling and casinos, adult entertainment and gentlemen's clubs are a legitimate business."

"There's nothing we don't take into account," Langan said. "Club location, nearest competition, the legal environment in a city and zoning laws when we invest.

"Ultimately though," he added, "you want to get into a market and dominate, just like any other business."

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Jeder macht das was er will, jeder macht das was das beste für jeden selber ist. Wer auf andere zeigt und nicht die Fehler bei sich sucht fällt ins Nichts. Wer sich nicht informiert kann direkt gehen. Manchmal kann es schneller gehen als man denkt, deswegen muss man einfach schneller gehen

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RICK'S CABARET - "Das ist sehr sexy"

Rick's Cabaret Int - Kürzel: RICK - ISIN: US7656413033

Börse: Nasdaq in USD / Kursstand: 25,88 $

Kurz-Kommentierung: Die Aktie des Nachtclubbetreibers RICK'S CABARET konnte die Ausbruchsbewegung über die 21,00 $ Marke wie angekündigt vollziehen und in den letzten Tagen deutlich an Wert gewinnen. Es herrscht kurzfristig Kaufdruck, die Aktie zeigt hohe Kursdynamik.

Das nächste Ziel liegt jetzt am AllTimeHigh bei 29,79 $. Klettert die Aktie schließlich nachhaltig über 29,79 $ an, sollte die Aufwärtsbewegung auf mittelfristige Sicht weiter bis 40,00 - 45,00 und ca. 60,00 $ fortgesetzt werden.

Konsolidierungen im Bereich bei 25,50 - 26,50 $ wären jetzt noch möglich, aber nicht mehr nötig. Maximal sollten Rücksetzer jetzt bis 21,00 $ gehen, idealerweise aber nur bis 22,50 $.

Kursverlauf vom 05.09.2007 bis 14.05.2008 (log. Kerzenchartdarstellung / 1 Kerze = 1 Tag)

*** Chart aus der Analyse RICK'S CABARET - Kommt jetzt das Kaufsignal? vom 09.05.2008 ***

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