That is how Warren Buffet got started, or as he called them, used cigarbuts.
It also helped that his father was a congressman and stock trader who brought Buffet around his finance friends throughout his youth and helped him start buying stocks as a young teenager.
Theoretically yes. Even putting it all on black in Vegas could work.
But it doesn't mean you should do it. Any investment is inherently a gamble, some are riskier than others and some have a too small payoff for the risk.