"It worked once" is a very results oriented approach. If you look only at people who won the lottery, you'd have to be an idiot not to spend all your money on

"It worked once" is a very results oriented approach. If you look only at people who won the lottery, you'd have to be an idiot not to spend all your money on lottery tickets. How many times has someone done this and lost all their money, screwed over thousands of people, and never been heard of again? We don't know, because they aren't famous, but my suspicion is it's a much more common outcome.