Delaware officials have announced the state’s first cannabis licensing lottery to select over 700 businesses that will serve the adult-use market that’s set to launch next year.
The Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) said in a notice that the lottery will be held on Thursday. Of the more than 1,200 applications it received over the summer, 727 advanced to the lottery stage.
This initial drawing will include applicants for cultivation, manufacturing and lab testing licenses. The office said it expects to hold a separate lottery for retailers in December.
“If an applicant passes the minimum qualifications review and has paid their application fee, they receive a lottery number generated by the system,” OMC said. “A separate drawing is conducted for each category of license by County.”
“The OMC will contact the selected applicants in the days following the lottery,” it said. “Once all selected applicants have been officially notified, the identity of the selected applicants will be shared with the media and the public. The selected applicants in categories that did not require a lottery drawing will also be released at this time.”
A total of 125 licenses will ultimately be issued, including 30 retailers, 60 cultivators, 30 manufacturers
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