Delaware’s lottery for the 15 adult-use marijuana retail business licenses the state will award is scheduled for Dec. 19.
The lottery for Open Retailer permits will feature the state’s largest field of applicants, a total of 519.
The lottery – which will begin around 1-2 p.m. ET – is scheduled for the same day that previous adult-use license award winners are required to turn in their supplemental applications, Delaware Public Media reported.
The process for Open Retailer license winners will be “more in depth – their plans have to be more in depth,” Delaware Public Media reported Marijuana Commissioner Rob Coupe as saying during a Marijuana Control Act Oversight Committee meeting.
“They’ll go through a financial background.”
“We have a responsibility to see where their funds are coming from to make sure that everything’s on the up and up and make sure that there’s no risk there to the state if they have a history of financial irresponsibility.”
The state’s Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) awarded 99 adult-use business licenses in its first lottery, held Oct. 24:
- 20 for Open Cultivation (four in Kent County, nine in New Castle County, seven in Sussex County)
- 10 for Social Equity Cultivation (two in Kent, five in New Castle, three in Sussex)
- 20 for Micro Cultivation (six in Kent, six in New Castle, eight in Sussex)
- 7 for Social Equity Micro Cultivation (two in Kent, five in New Castle)
- 10 for Open Manufacturer (two in Kent, five in New Castle, three in Sussex)
- 10 for Social Equity Manufacturer (two in Kent, five in New Castle, three in Sussex)
- 7 for Micro Manufacturer (two in Kent, five in New Castle)
- 15 for Social Equity Retailer (three in Kent, seven in New Castle, five in Kent)
Three licenses apiece previously were awarded in Sussex County for Social Equity Micro Cultivation and Micro Manufacturer because the number of applications equaled the number of available permits.
Lotteries were not held for testing labs because the number of applicants did not exceed the total licenses available.
So, Kent and New Castle each had one Open Testing Lab licensee, and New Castle and Sussex each had one Social Equity Testing Lab licensee.
Interest was high for the adult-use business licenses being awarded in Delaware, with more than 1,260 applications submitted.
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