After a nearly 2-year-long process, Nevada regulators issued six prospective licenses via lottery to marijuana consumption lounge applicants.

The six prospective licenses issued Thursday by the state’s Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB) went to social equity applicants who met strict criteria, the Las Vegas Sun reported.

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However, a few steps remain before those prospective licensees can open their consumption lounges, and the path to this point was controversial.

At least one of the winners is located in Las Vegas.

State confidentiality laws obscure details for the other five, the Sun noted.

The CCB’s issuance of the six prospective permits is the latest step in a drawn-out ordeal that began in 2022.

In November of that year, the CCB drew 10 winners from a

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