Albanians are the fifth largest American Lottery beneficiary out of 201 different entities, says a recent study based on data during the period 1993-2015.
During this time, 42,419 Albanian citizens got Green Card in the United States through the lottery system.
These occupy 47.07% of the total Albanian emigrants who during this period have been granted residence permits in the United States.Albanians are winners at 4.5% on the total of all winners, which means that almost 1 out of 20 lottery winners were Albanians.
Higher percentage that our country has Ethiopia, Nigeria, Egypt and Ukraine, with respectively 6.5%, 5.94%, 5.11% and 5.04% of the total.
This study comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has called for a lottery cancellation after the latest terrorist attack in the country, whose author was a person who had entered the United States through the US lottery.
The study also states that although they are among the largest beneficiaries, Albanians represent the lowest population in US prisons, with a very near zero rate..