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“26 And they gave them lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.”

Where in that verse do you see “The Lord’s choice for Apostle being not Matthias”?

Sounds like they had a number of roughly equally plausible candidates. There are some things that the bible does not tell us about the circumstances. At the least I do not believe we have a basis for deeming it undoubtedly evil in the circumstances and it is understandable under some circumstances. Matthias is not known for have gone on to be another damaging goof ball like Judas, which has to say it at least has done no obvious harm.

The “lots of Mary” sound implausible because God would have far better ways to illuminate her, but it could be a human attempt to ascribe great fairness to Mary.

It ain't in that verse. However, please note the following:

1. In "The Acts of the Apostles", Matthias is mentioned only three times, all within a span of 13 verses, all having to do with this one incident.

2. These are the only mentions of the name "Matthias" in the entire Bible.

3. The calling by God of, and acceptance by the other Apostles of, God's chosen Apostle is recorded in "The Acts of the Apostles". The Acts of that particular Apostle-- Paul, by the way-- are described in some detail throughout "The Acts of the Apostles".

4. One may safely infer from the above, the following:

.....a. God chose Paul for His chosen Apostle back when he was still known as Saul, the Pharisee persecutor.

.....b. The choosing of Matthias was, therefore, in error.

.....c. The method of choosing Matthias was, therefore, at least questionable.

.....d. The other Apostles and leaders in the Church eventually recognized Paul, rather than Matthias, as the replacement Apostle.