Very sad deal being so young and having young daughters. Cancer is a bitch and pancreatic cancer is a particularly nasty bitch. A former co-worker of mine passed last year to it.
The truth is you must put in for every state you can afford and hope you draw knowing the likelihood of you ever drawing is slim. Either that and/or save your $$ and hunt the species you want over the counter in Canada or Mexico.
I was in charge! We've applied together for almost a decade so I'm not sure what caused his massive brain fart. His brother goes with but never applied with us before since he never had points. Unfortunately this massive lapse of judgment occurred the night the apps were due so no way for me to...