{"id":44,"date":"2014-10-02T20:55:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T20:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2014-10-02T21:27:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T21:27:29","slug":"entering-the-dv-lottery-does-the-timing-of-the-entry-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/entering-the-dv-lottery-does-the-timing-of-the-entry-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Entering the DV lottery &#8211; does the timing of the entry matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So is there any way to increase your chances of selection based on the timing of the entry? No! It is a random selection.<\/p>\n<p>The following two screenshots show a distribution of selectees in EU, AS and AF regions in DV2014, grouped by the day they entered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/whentoentertable.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47\" src=\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/whentoentertable.jpg\" alt=\"whentoentertable\" width=\"1136\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/whentoentertable.jpg 1136w, https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/whentoentertable-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/whentoentertable-1024x475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/whentoentertable-945x439.jpg 945w, https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/whentoentertable-600x278.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1136px) 100vw, 1136px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can see there is a pretty random distribution &#8211; that seems to peak toward the end. However, that says more about the way people behave, rather than the lottery process. Meaning &#8211; I think more people put off entering until the last few days and then there was an increase in winners to match the increase in entry volume&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So is there any way to increase your chances of selection based on the timing of the entry? No! It is a random selection. 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