City of New York

Lottery Applications for Tobacco Retail Dealer (TRD) and Electronic Cigarette Dealer Licenses (ECD)

Lottery applications submitted for tobacco retail and electronic cigarette dealer licenses in New York City, issued when available licenses fall below community district caps. Each record includes the applicant's full name, business name, and business location by city, state, and zip code.

Example records
NamebrandFull NamepersonZIP CodeaddressCityaddressStateaddress
Use cases

Tobacco Retailer Onboarding Verification

A fintech lender evaluating a small business loan application for a tobacco shop cross-references the applicant name and business name against this dataset to confirm the business has at least applied for a legally required NYC retail license before extending credit.

NameFull NameZIP Code

Market Entry Sizing for Nicotine Alternatives

A sales team at a wholesale distributor of vaping products maps lottery applicants by zip code to identify neighborhoods with high concentrations of prospective new retail accounts before assigning territory reps.

NameZIP CodeCityState

Fraud Pattern Detection Across License Applications

A compliance analyst at an insurance carrier writing commercial general liability policies for tobacco retailers checks whether the same individual name appears tied to multiple business names across different zip codes, which may indicate straw applicant schemes to circumvent community district caps.

Full NameNameZIP CodeCity