Cannabis Licensing Lottery

24 Adult-Use Dispensary Licenses Still Up for Grabs in Rhode Island via Lottery

Regulators are finalizing rules for a licensing process nearly two years after existing medical cannabis operators expanded to recreational sales.

Kentucky’s Medical Cannabis Program Attracts 5K License Applicants

The state’s forthcoming lotteries will award just 74 licenses, including 16 to cultivators, 48 to dispensaries and 10 processors.

176 Applications Filed for Kentucky’s Medical Cannabis License Lottery

The application period runs through Aug. 31. The state plans to award 74 licenses through a lottery system.

Hundreds Interested in Kentucky’s Medical Cannabis Licenses; Just 17 Apply So Far

Seventeen interested parties applied in the first three weeks of the two-month application period. There are 74 licenses available in a lottery system.

4 Ohio Cannabis Companies Appear to Gain Advantage in Lottery for Dispensary Site Selections

A change of ownership request allowed at least one of these companies to enter the lottery as both a cultivator and independent retailer for more draw balls.

Delaware Marijuana Commissioner Works to Include Medical Operators to Kickstart Adult-Use Sales

Under current law, the state’s top regulator must establish a commercial market that omits an automatic transition pathway for existing cannabis companies.

Missouri to Open 2nd Licensing Round For Cannabis Microbusinesses

The second of three rounds comes after out-of-state business owners swarmed the state’s first lottery that was designed for social equity applicants.

Out-of-State Applicants Swarmed Missouri’s Social Equity Cannabis Lottery

Applicants were permitted to have owners from different states within one application, but no one individual could apply for more than one license.

Maryland’s Adult-Use Cannabis Licensing Round Draws 1,700+ Applicants

The most competitive category includes just a 3% chance to win.

Missouri Unveils 48 License Winners From Cannabis Microbusiness Lottery

The state held random drawings to award two dispensary and four wholesale facility licenses from each of eight congressional districts.

UPDATE: Florida to Issue Additional Medical Cannabis Licenses, Increase Application Fees

The state’s Health Department issued an emergency rule that would allow regulators to accept new license applications in a batching process.

UPDATED: Lotteries on Deck for Nevada’s Cannabis Consumption Lounges

The Nov. 30 event will determine the recipients of 20 independent cannabis consumption lounge licenses—half going to social equity applicants.

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