This is a difficult thing.
You could say that a produce vendor is betting when they buy produce wholesale to sell for retail.
But, they have been doing it every day.
Most investments are that way. Build a house, sell it for more than it cost to build. Build a widget, sell if form more than it cost to make. Grow some food, sell it and reap the rewards from your labor.
But all of these have a catastrophe component.
How did you go broke?
Slowly at first, and then all at once.
The market for your product can move and shift.
The housing market, supposedly stable, is actually built on a layer of quicksand which is the bank's money printing.
So, the end statement would be, there are ways to add value, and those ways always return wins.. except when you roll 00.