tampabay,
Very difficult i'm afraid, unless you have an American relative (direct descendent) or you have step-family (which my step-mother is).
An alternative is to move to Northern Ireland which do accept applicants for the Lottery oddly enough!
"For DV-2004, natives of the following countries1 are not eligible to apply because they sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the previous five years:
UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible"
Good luck
Cheers ,
Jamie Blethyn, UK
www.jbplanet.ionichost.com