Well, we know for a fact that every once in a while, we get hit by an asteroid (which is exactly what this is about). I'd call that cyclical and not made up.
Everyone once in a while the roulette ball lands on green and I get a big payout. That's not a cyclical event.
Only because you don't have the money or time to keep playing. But continue playing for 1 million years, and the black and red will hit a similar number of times and the green a proportionally lower number of times.