Sam Priestley
Hello and welcome! I am a professional gambler turned entrepreneur and I write about my experiences on this website.
Here you will find how-to/how-don’t guides on what is and isn’t working as well as my businesses’ monthly reports.
How-To Guides:
Amazon FBA
Leverage Amazon’s fulfilment network to make huge profits.
Professional Gambling
Make money from gambling loop-holes. Matched Betting, Arbing, Value Betting.
Investing
Invest your money for both long-term gain and short-term opportunity.
All The Rest
Opening a coffee shop, self-publishing, making gin, blogging and more.
Other Highlights:
Recent Posts:
Maximise Your P2P Lending Return By Claiming All The Bonuses
Peer-to-peer lending (p2p lending) is a form of investment where you lend money directly to individuals or businesses through an online matching platform. There are a lot of these platforms out there and many of them give you free money to invest which can greatly...
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Happy New Decade
Bill Gates said that most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years. In 2009 I was a student living out of my overdraft. I was single and had been to a grand total of two foreign countries (three if you include...
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How To Start An Amazon FBA Business (Updated 2020)
I have been selling online through an Amazon FBA business since 2013, but I haven't really spoken about it much on this blog. I hesitate because to a reader I think it sounds too easy. The logic is simple and the businesses can be very profitable, but that doesn't...
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My Monthly Report – October 2019
It has been a hugely busy couple of months. We have travelled to five countries (Malaysia, England, Switzerland Greece and Vietnam). Had record breaking months for our table tennis business, including launching in Australia. And took our first step to taking Pipehouse...
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Canggu Bali: The Ultimate Digital Nomad Guide
Canggu is a beachfront village in Bali, that for some reason has become the digital nomad capital of the world. Nowhere else is there such a density of remote workers, co-working spaces and wifi enabled vegan brunch spots. Everywhere you go, from the beach clubs to...
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My Monthly Report – August 2019
Another month another monthly report. I spent all of August in Bali and had some real swings of productivity. I got the podcast back on track, did a lot of planning and worked on some big deals for Pipehouse Gin. But towards the end of the month my work rate slowed...
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Instagram Influencer Part 2 – Hashtags Don’t Work
It has been about a month since we started our Instagram journey. And drum roll.... we have 185 followers. Yeah. I know. Your gran has more followers But that's OK. We have learned a lot in the last month. And the strategy was always going to start out and produce...
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My Monthly Report – July 2019
Welcome back to another monthly report! And what a different month July was. We gave up our home, sold most of our possessions and hopped on a flight to the other side of the world. The plan: to work and travel full-time. Living out of hotels and working from cafes...
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I’m Going To Become An Instagram Influencer – Part 1
Oh no! I hear you say. Not another Instagram influencer. Another vapid narcissist who won the genetic lottery and is getting paid to eat amazing food. Well for one, that's not what I am going to be doing, my pout is nowhere near good enough to make it through selfies...
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My Monthly Report – May 2019
Hello and welcome back to another monthly report. It is going to be a short one this month because I honestly have been so busy with other things that work took a backseat in May. One of the nice things about being self-employed is that taking a chilled out month...
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How to Get A License Distil Gin From Your Home
This is a quick post telling you how I managed to get a license to distil my own gin from my house. It's actually easier than you think: In order to get a license to distil gin from your home you need to: Fill out form L5 and apply for a rectifier's license Explain...
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Serendipity – How To Be In The Right Place At The Right Time
Serendipity is a concept I think about a lot and massively impacts how I do business and how I live my life. Wikipedia describes it as “the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way". Or in other words: being in the right place at the...
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