Wouldn't downvote it but he's not exactly using hardware lottery correctly as I understand it. He seems to be talking about just general hardware compatibility problems with Linux.

Hardware lottery as I know it is for intra product variability. Buying the same product from the same manufacturer guarantees the same rated minimum performance, but in reality no two pieces of silicone are exactly identical and each individual card/chip has it's own potential overclocking limit. You have no control over what you get, all you can do is cross your fingers and hope you win the hardware lottery and get a chip that can overclock especially high.