If one starts with nothing & once they become a good banker & a good speculator they can become financialy independent in a very short time.
There are very few people that have done what it takes to become a good banker & speculator so if you have are not both a good speculator & banker the odds are stacked so high against you that if you are lucky enough to win that lottery ticket a good speculator would never buy. You most likley will not be lucky enough to keep winning them fast enough if your not a good banker & spend more money then the win.
It could be debated that it is best to play when the reward is huge & not small i.e., Before the stock crashes of 1929, 1974, 1987, 2000 -2002, 2007-2009 there were pricise DNA markers present that were not present @ any other times in the market & in the options market one could make a fortune. If all the DNA markers were to line up again risking 1% or less of ones net worth could double one net worth. Yet putting 50% of one capital in the market for long term could easily lose 1% & could be considered more risky to try to double ones net worth.
