“The 648 social equity applicants who qualified and were expecting to participate in the lottery are understandably disappointed.”
By Peter Callaghan, MinnPost
The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) Wednesday announced it was canceling the special license lottery for social equity applicants and will instead move toward a lottery next year for both social equity and general applicants.
While no new date is set for license lotteries, a chart released by OCM suggests it will now be in May or June, months later than previous estimates of first quarter of 2025.
The office said it was responding to a Ramsey County court order late last month that put the lottery on hold to give disappointed applicants who were denied entry into that first lottery time to make their case to the court of appeals. At least eight legal actions have been filed with the appeals court seeking review of their cases. A ninth comes from successful lottery entrants who ask the court to let the lottery proceed soon.
Among those denied who have asked for relief from the appeals court is a group that OCM asserts is violating laws against multiple applicants for licenses and so-called straw applicants, that is
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