Arizona awards 31 new dispensary licenses

The Arizona Department of Health Services on Thursday announced the winners of 31 new medical cannabis licenses.

Sort of.

After holding a live-streamed lottery Thursday afternoon for nine of the 31 licenses, the agency posted a full list of the license winners’ application ID numbers online but did not identify any of the winners.

Officials did not immediately respond to a request Thursday for the names of the winners.

There are already 94 operating dispensaries in Arizona, along with another five that have received licenses but are not yet…