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Poll: Number of Attempts at DV Lottery before Winning

Number of Attempts at DV Lottery before Winning:

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Also state what region you are from and year you won: Asia, Europe, Ocenia, South America, Africa and the country. More information is the better, like the date you applied of E-DV, stated date on first NL and received date for first NL and date you got Visa.

I can't edit the poll option so "Made My Luck" includes, GC through work visa (H1B, L1,...TN).
 
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My friend won after 3 attemps on her own entry and was alos entered on her parents entry all 3 yrs and even 2 or yrs before...But only my friend won, the parents will try again next yr...If it was the other way around the whole family would have benifited....
 
because of Indian and Bangladeshi participants, we are having difficulties to win this life changing gamble.

Good job USA! Now you have at least 10 million Indians.

I don't even know why it's called DV?
Let's call it "Green Card Bangladeshi Lottery" or "Green Card Lottery only for Indians" maybe "Green Card Shish Kebab Go Go Lottery"

I'm kind of mad and disappointed by results. I seen only few European winners.
 
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According to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa, if you are from Europe you have better chance of winning than anyone else.

Currently, Africa and Europe receive about 80% of the visas in the lottery.
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People from Europe or Africa have better chance than everyone else. Chance is 2% still better than any Asians. According to Wikipedia large number of application comes from Bangladesh (1.5 mil) and Nigeria (0.6 mil) out of roughly 10 mil applications. So chances still slim for those either from Bangladesh or Nigeria.
  • Region ↓ Applicants (%) ↓ Applicants (approximate) ↓ Winners ↓ Winning chance (estimate) ↓
  • Africa 41% 2,624,000 52,824 2.01%
  • Asia 38% 2,432,000 14,142 0.58%
  • Europe 19% 1,216,000 26,149 2.15%
  • North America 17
  • Oceania 1,713
  • South and Central America and the Caribbean 2% 128,000 1,845 1.44%
  • Total 100% 6,400,000 96,690 1.51%
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eMachine said:
because of Indian and Bangladeshi participants, we are having difficulties to win this life changing gamble.

Good job USA! Now you have at least 10 million Indians.

I don't even know why it's called DV?
Let's call it "Green Card Bangladeshi Lottery" or "Green Card Lottery only for Indians" maybe "Green Card Shish Kebab Go Go Lottery"

I'm kind of mad and disappointed by results. I seen only few European winners.
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eMachine you should not lose hope and not just completely rely solely on Luck. You can always Buy Your Luck or Make Your Luck.
 
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eMachine said:
I believe African's deserve it more than any one. Africans have more chance than any one.
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Why? Many can file for assylum...Europeans can't...IMO every one who wants to go and has enough proof and really wants to go should have a chance. IMO people who don't have proof or have no clue if they want to go should enter the lotery and spill the chances for the ones who really want to go and have proof. JMO.
 
bentlebee said:
Why? Many can file for assylum...Europeans can't...IMO every one who wants to go and has enough proof and really wants to go should have a chance. IMO people who don't have proof or have no clue if they want to go should enter the lotery and spill the chances for the ones who really want to go and have proof. JMO.
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Every year application # is going to increase and individual chances will decrease. On DV-2008, 6.5 million applied, and now on DV-2010 more like 12 million.

E-DV just makes lot simpler. Paper DV lottery was easy to win. I spoke to a Japanese girl who got a GC via DV said she filled 1000 paper applications and mailed from many different states to KCC. That's how she won.

My 0.02 is that you have same or better chance becoming a Millionaire than DV. Make the most effort and time on becoming a Millionaire than hanging around DV forums. Once you become a Millionaire you can always buy the GC.:D

July 1st US DV Lottery Website will go down for sure. ;)
 
They say you have about 20 percent of chance to win as a french applicant.bear in mind that your figures are by regions,not by country.If you break the regions into countries,you will realize that the lottery is more popular in certain countries than others.And yes,It probably more useful to focus your energies into becoming succesful than cruising those forums because the green card doesnt guarantee you success in any callings
 
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