Chicken Dinner

I was driving through the Valley when I noticed a sign outside a party store: "A Millionaire Was Made Here." Underneath was the logo for the California Lottery.

I suppose they put that sign up to convince more people to come in and buy lottery tickets.  The next millionaire could be you, and so on.  That's the appeal of the lottery in general, but they're making it specific here.  It got me thinking, however, that this may be the wrong appeal.  I bet more lottery fans will say to themselves "There's already been one Millionaire winner here.  There's no way there'll be another."*

So I'm guessing that sign actually discourages business.  Maybe a better sign would be "no millionaires here yet, so we must be due."

*The reasoning is flawed, but the conclusion is correct.