Expired H1B and Quota excemptions

kvga

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I had a H1B approved in 17-Dec-2007 and its expiry date is 29-Sept-2010. But I never travelled USA on H1B due to personal reasons at that time.
If I apply H1B now, do i need to go through lottery (next year April) or can i directly go through premium processing for H1B.

Here is my brief status
I am currently on L1A from a different company (different to the one that i got H1B) and it expires by end of the year (planning to reenew as well if everything goes fine with my job.)
I moved to USA 2 years ago. I also applied EB1C as a functional manager in June 2021.
I am bit panicking because lot of people told me it is hard to get approval for functional managers in EB1C. Though i provided lot of detail about my role and how it fits EB1C, I want to check alternatives. So, my question is, can i apply H1B now without going through lottery process in April.
 
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