Well the system is entirely fair. You are certainly welcome to give it a try. Worst case is they say no. But at least you tried.
or you can go the advice of many professionals who know what they are doing and say no don't waste your money.
It's a fair and free system. You can do what you want. Similarly I could also send in an application even though I was not selected and they will probably send it back to me or just throw it in the trash. We can do anything.
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Last year, I tried to send the lottery interest form, but when I checked the sponsor's income requirements, noticed that I should have enough income for 2013, 2014 and 2015. Since I was short of $4000 for 2013, I did not even think about entering into the lottery. Once the interest form was closed, they changed the income requirement for 2014, 2015 and 2016 ( I met the lico requirements for these years). I missed the chance. This year I entered into the lottery, but no luck.