Delaware Sees Over 700 Applications Advance to Cannabis License Lottery

The Open Retail category will have a separate lottery in December.

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Following the completion of the application review, Delaware's Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) announced that 727 applications will advance to the lottery stage and will include all categories except the Open Retail category, for which it plans to have a separate lottery in December. The Licensing Lottery will be broadcast live on Facebook Live on October 24, 2024.

The OMC said it will contact the selected applicants in the days following the lottery. Selected applicants will be issued a Conditional License and begin the Supplemental Application Process. An Active License, enabling the licensee to commence business operations, is not issued until the OMC has determined that the applicant satisfies all requirements contained in the applicable law and regulations.

In the Micro Cultivation category for New Castle County there were only six applications for the nine licenses allotted for the County. The three vacant licenses will be reassigned to Kent and Sussex County for the upcoming lottery to maximize opportunity to issue all available conditional licenses provided for under the Marijuana Control Act. The OMC will add two of the vacant licenses to Kent County Micro Cultivation and one to Sussex County Micro Cultivation.

In the Open Testing Lab category, there were no applications for the one available Open Testing License in Sussex County and a total of only two applications submitted statewide. The vacant Open Testing Lab license will be held for a supplemental second chance lottery, most likely in the late summer of 2025.

Cultivation:

01 - Open Cultivation

NCC – 9 Licenses Available – 37 Applications lottery eligible

KC – 4 Licenses Available – 31 Applications lottery eligible

SC - 7 Licenses Available – 27 Applications lottery eligible

02 - Social Equity Cultivation

NCC - 5 Licenses Available – 44 Applications lottery eligible

KC - 2 Licenses Available – 27 Applications lottery eligible

SC - 3 Licenses Available – 29 Applications lottery eligible

03 - Micro Cultivation

NCC - No lottery needed for NCC Micro Cultivation 6 licenses available - 6 Applications lottery eligible.

KC - 6 Licenses Available – 9 Applications lottery eligible

SC - 8 Licenses Available – 10 Applications lottery eligible.

11- Social Equity Micro Cultivation

NCC - No lottery needed for NCC S.E. Micro Cultivation 5 Licenses available - 5 Applications lottery eligible.

KC - 2 Licenses Available – 4 Applications lottery eligible

SC - 3 Licenses Available – 6 Applications lottery eligible

Manufacturer:

04- Open Manufacturer

NCC - 5 Licenses Available – 27 Applications lottery eligible

KC - 2 Licenses Available – 20 Applications lottery eligible

SC - 3 Licenses Available – 14 Applications lottery eligible

05 - Social Equity Manufacturer

NCC - 5 Licenses Available – 43 Applications lottery eligible

KC - 2 Licenses Available – 23 Applications lottery eligible

SC - 3 Licenses Available – 26 Applications lottery eligible

06 - Micro Manufacturer

NCC - 5 Licenses Available – 9 Applications lottery eligible

KC - 2 Licenses Available – 8 Applications lottery eligible

SC - No lottery needed for SC Micro Manufacturer 3 licenses available - 3 Applications lottery eligible

Retail:

07 - Open Retail

Eligible applicant information is pending final review of the applications. Lottery for this category of license will be held in December 2024.

08 - Social Equity Retail

NCC - 7 Licenses Available – 120 Applications lottery eligible

KC - 3 Licenses Available – 96 Applications lottery eligible

SC - 5 Licenses Available – 99 Applications lottery eligible.

Testing Lab:

09 - Open Testing Lab

NCC – No lottery needed for NCC Testing Lab.  1 license available -1 application lottery eligible

KC - No lottery needed for KC Testing Lab.  1 license available - 1 application lottery eligible

SC - No lottery needed for SC Testing Lab.  1 license available – 0 applications received.

10 - Social Equity Testing Lab

NCC – No lottery needed for NCC Testing Lab.  1 license available -1 application lottery eligible

KC - No license available.

SC - No lottery needed for SC Testing Lab.  1 license available – 1 application lottery eligible

What do the letters and digits signify in the lottery numbers?

First Character: County of Business: county where business intends to operate.

N - New Castle County

K - Kent County

S - Sussex County

Second Character: Type of Marijuana License:

1- Cultivation

2 - Retail

3 - Manufacturing

4 - Testing

Third Character: Category of Marijuana License:

O - Open

E - Social Equity

M - Micro Business

Fourth & Fifth Characters: License Code # XX

01 – Open Cultivation

02 – Social Equity Cultivation

03 – Micro Cultivation

04 – Open Manufacturer

05 – Social Equity Manufacturer

06 – Micro Manufacturer

07 – Open Retailer

08 – Social Equity Retailer

09 – Open Testing Lab

10 – Social Equity Testing Lab

11 – Social Equity Micro Cultivation

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