Rhode Island is looking for an experienced person or a firm to create and run a lottery in May to decide who operates six proposed new medical cannabis dispensaries.
On Friday the state posted online a request for proposals to “design and develop the methodology for the random selection process,” that would be held, in public, around May 14.
“The firm or individual will be primarily responsible for securing all equipment, technology, or other necessary mediums to run the process.”
Lotteries have been used in other jurisdictions around the country to decide who wins the often lucrative licenses, but the practice hasn’t been universally endorsed here.
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