Michigan: Detroit dispensary launches ‘cannabis casino’ believed to be only of its kind in U.S.

Thursday, April 13, 2023 2:50 PM
  • Lee DeVito, Detroit Metro Times

One of the first cannabis dispensaries to open in Detroit has now unveiled what it believes could be another first. The Reef on Eight Mile Road has pivoted to include what it calls a “cannabis casino,” where customers can win prizes by playing games like blackjack, craps, roulette, slot machines, and more.

“As far as I know, nobody in the country has done it,” spokesman Tim Campbell tells Metro Times.

Campbell says the cannabis casino came from a partnership with Jason Kouza of Dort Hwy Dispo, a Flint-area dispensary that came up with the idea and started developing the games used at The Reef.

The Reef decided to make the pivot while adult-use cannabis licenses got held up in Detroit in recent years.