Originally Posted by punky

One thing I saw, which I don't think others did.... When he became naturalised, he already felt lucky/lridged. When he won the lottery, he became even more so.

Its something that gets overlooked a lot. Whilst hatred for America is at an alltime high, so are immigration applications, and not from terrorists either. There are many people out there who consider them privledged and lucky to be able to leave in the US.

Originally Posted by punky

Indeed. But a lot of immigrants to the US are from affulent, western countries (like within Europe). Imiigrants from the UK make up such a big part of their demographic, the UK is one of the very few countries exempt from joining the green card lottery.