Sam Priestley
Hello and welcome! I am a professional gambler turned entrepreneur and I write about my experiences on this website.
On this site you will find how-to guides, opinion pieces and my in-depth business journals.
Highlights:
Amazon FBA
Leverage Amazon’s fulfilment network to make huge profits.
Professional Gambling
Make money from gambling loop-holes. Matched Betting, Arbing, Value Betting.
My Gin Business Journal
My diary that follows along from idea to launch of the award-winning Pipehouse Gin.
The Lazy Entrepreneur
Our podcast where we discuss everything to do with lifestyle entrepreneurship.
Latest Posts:
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Become A Professional Gambler: The Seven Ways To Make Money Gambling
I have always been fascinated by beating the casino at their own game and in 2009 with the financial crisis in full swing that fascination became an obsession. But after lots of trial and error, experimenting and false starts I finally was able to turn that obsession...
My Monthly Report – April 2019
Another month, another report. And a late report at that. That's because I've had the last 3 weeks off work. I go through phases and have been doing some questioning about why I do any of this. I realised that I don't think I have ever taken any extended time off work...
International Logistics: How To Run A Global Brand From Your Bedroom
Today we’re going to be talking about how to manage your international logistics as a one-person business. Or in other words, how to make sure your products successfully flow around the world when all you have is an internet connection. It’s easy to get intimidated by...
My Monthly Report – March 2019
What a month! What can I say! We launched our new flavoured gin. The podcast took off and started ranking in the charts. And I turned 30. March has been my favourite month in a long time. It all came together and a lot of the stuff I've been complaining about recently...
Value Betting – How To Make Money When The Bookies Get It Wrong
The odds you get at a bookmaker represent the chance of your bet winning. And sometimes, just sometimes, the bookies get it wrong allowing smart punters to get great value. This is the essence of value betting. Value betting was the final and most profitable step of...
My Monthly Report – February 2019
Hello and welcome back to another monthly report. Last month I complained that I spent too much times playing video games and not enough working. Well I ended up doing almost exactly the same number of hours of work this month - 44% of my target of my target of 165....