Let's say when gambling, you follow a specific pattern. Let us use lottery for example. You bet on the same specific set of numbers. What would be more regrettable? Betting on the same set of numbers for the rest of your life and not winning or... changing up the set you bet on only for your old set to win?
Basically, would you rather bet on the same thing again and again then regret not exploring more or explore different kinds of bets then miss out on a win?
If you're the sort of person who locks in the same numbers for many games, over the course of years, then you might as well stick with them forever or you face this problem. It would be potentially quite damaging to you psychologically and have a long lasting effect that might cause you to become depressed. Thinking logically however, every single set of numbers has the same probability of coming out if the lottery is truly random and you have just as much chance of winning to the numbers you switched towards. This is not really about odds though and more about the traps that we set up for ourselves which could be hard to extract from. In this scenario, just stick with the original numbers and preserve your sanity - "special" numbers usually have some extra significance anyway.