Given the fact that is no such thing as luck, how do you explain this?

If I fell in a bucket of donuts I would come out sucking my thumb yet my mate 'the wing commander' has won the lottery twice (both six figure!) has a beautiful Thai wife, a stunning russian mistress, what can only be described as a python in his pants, he also found a crock of viking gold whilst digging his mothers garden and to cap it all has actually won 1st prize in a readers digest draw? please explain!!