In the comments to "Reversal Rings: Weird Wednesday", author Morpheus mentioned his sequel. It's not here on BC, but I found it at "Reversal Rings II: Jamie's Story".

As another comment singled out, "...but what would the fun of that be," muses the SRU Wizard, excusing his lie to Susan. It's this story where the Wizard's idea of fun truly begins. Jamie is Kevin's best friend, and wants in on the action, once he realizes that "Kevin" was telling the truth. As far as Kevin and "Kevin" are concerned, the Reversal Rings disappeared inconveniently just like the Medallion of Zulo. Of course, Jamie stole them, made elaborate plans, and -- whoops!

Now off to Reversal Rings III: Lost and Found.

Jamie's elaborate plans involved a Ross, the local celebrity who wins the $15 million lottery, and visits the school to give a speech on "never giving up". An xkcd (possibly) comic described a lottery ad about someone who "worked hard" to win the lottery. The caption was that these ads should reference the survivor issue. (It's the survivor who lives to tell the story. In this case, the one who wins tells the story. You don't hear from the losers.)

It's also called the sharp-shooter fallacy: shoot a bullet at a wall, and draw a bulls-eye around it.

I also remember an 8th-grade movie on the 1849 Gold Rush. The narrator says, "Never has anyone worked so hard to get rich without working."