FRANKFORT (11/25/24) – Governor Andy Beshear on Monday announced the results of the commonwealth’s first of two license lotteries for medical cannabis dispensaries. During the event, held at the Kentucky Lottery Corporation in Louisville, 36 applicants were selected to receive medical cannabis dispensary licenses through a random number generator.
“Team Kentucky has worked hard to ensure that all medical cannabis business applicants have an equal and fair chance to become a part of this emerging industry,” said Gov. Beshear. “Today’s dispensary announcement moves us one step closer to ensuring Kentuckians with serious medical conditions have access to the safe, affordable medicine they need.”
The 36 licenses were distributed across 11 region of Kentucky. In the Lincoln Trail region that includes Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin and Meade counties, the four licenses went to…
- Barrio Capital Partners LLC – Elizabethtown
- Thoroughtrek LLC – Radcliff
- NGHKC – Eastview
- Wynn Win LLC – Elizabethtown
For the Green River region, including Hancock and Ohio counties, licenses were granted to…
- OTC KY 3 LLC – Henderson
- Bungalow House LLC – Owensboro
- Tree Soft LLC – Henderson
- CP INVESTMENT LLC – Owensboro
“The Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis received 4,998 applications, of which 4,075 were dispensary applicants,” said Sam Flynn, executive director of the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis. “Those applicants selected in today’s license lottery will have 15 days to pay their license fees. Once the fee has been paid, the office will issue a license to that business.”
Flynn added that a second license lottery for dispensaries will occur Dec. 16, and the regions that will be pulled on that date are Region 1: Bluegrass, Region 1: Fayette County only, Region 2: Kentuckiana and Region 2: Jefferson County only.
