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  • Long Game is the mobile savings app that uses games with cash prizes & free crypto to help users get on the right financial path.  
  • It’s an FDIC-insured, interest-bearing savings account held in partnership with Blue Ridge Bank of Virginia.  
  • Users achieve personalized financial missions– like reaching a savings goal– and are rewarded with Coins to play games in the app.
  • Games are fun, lightweight interactions modeled on the most popular games in America, such as lotteries, scratchers and social mobile games.
  • Long Gamers can win real money (up to $1,000,000) and crypto (up to one BTC or ETH)- playing games in the app.
  • There’s no risk, users cannot lose money and all money can be withdrawn at any time.
  • Long Game is more than just a game– users make real progress in their real financial lives.
  • Download the app, create an account and securely link your bank
  • Deposit money into your new, FDIC insured, interest-bearing Long Game Savings Account
  • Get rewarded for saving with chances to play games in the app, with prizes including cash (up to $1,000,000) and crypto (up to one BTC or ETH)
  • Keep achieving your financial goals and earn more rewards as you Level-Up, including free crypto assets and new games
  • Learn about crypto and blockchain in our Crypto Rewards education center.
  • Your money is never at risk, it’s FDIC-insured and you can withdraw at any time.
  • 63% of Americans do not have enough money saved to cover an unexpected $500 expense.
  • 57% of Americans play the lottery with an average annual spend of $584/person. That adds up to a whopping $70 billion spent on the lottery each year.
  • The mobile game industry generated $40.6 B in revenue in 2016
  • Around $59 billion has already been saved globally through “Prize-Linked Savings” products (in UK, Australia, South Africa.)
  • We spend billions of dollars on mobile games and lotteries, but we’re not saving for our futures
  • Banks have yet to figure out a way to encourage saving across all income levels and especially those that are financially vulnerable.
  • 30% of Millennials would rather invest in cryptocurrencies than in the stock market
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Lindsay Holden
Before starting Long Game, Lindsay Holden co-founded the Applicant Auction, the primary auction for Top Level Domain names which held over $500M in auctions and over $1B in escrow before being acquired. She co-founded VitaMe.com, an online personalized health platform which she also sold. Before that she helped to launch Formation 8, a venture capital firm with over $1B under management. Ms. Holden holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. 
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Ashby Monk
Ashby Monk is Chairman of Long Game where he guides strategy, strategic partnerships, and investment product design. He is also the Executive and Research Director of the Stanford Global Projects Center, Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Advisor to the Chief Investment Officer of the University of California. He received his Doctorate at Oxford University and holds a Master’s from the Universite de Paris I – Pantheon Sorbonne and a Bachelor’s from Princeton University. 
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IN THE PRESS

For media inquires contact
[email protected]

  • Long Game is the mobile savings app that uses games with cash prizes & free crypto to help users get on the right financial path.  
  • It’s an FDIC-insured, interest-bearing savings account held in partnership with Blue Ridge Bank of Virginia.  
  • Users achieve personalized financial missions– like reaching a savings goal– and are rewarded with Coins to play games in the app.
  • Games are fun, lightweight interactions modeled on the most popular games in America, such as lotteries, scratchers and social mobile games.
  • Long Gamers can win real money (up to $1,000,000) and crypto (up to one BTC or ETH)- playing games in the app.
  • There’s no risk, users cannot lose money and all money can be withdrawn at any time.
  • Long Game is more than just a game– users make real progress in their real financial lives.
  • Download the app, create an account and securely link your bank
  • Deposit money into your new, FDIC insured, interest-bearing Long Game Savings Account
  • Get rewarded for saving with chances to play games in the app, with prizes including cash (up to $1,000,000) and crypto (up to one BTC or ETH)
  • Keep achieving your financial goals and earn more rewards as you Level-Up, including free crypto assets and new games
  • Learn about crypto and blockchain in our Crypto Rewards education center.
  • Your money is never at risk, it’s FDIC-insured and you can withdraw at any time.
  • 63% of Americans do not have enough money saved to cover an unexpected $500 expense.
  • 57% of Americans play the lottery with an average annual spend of $584/person. That adds up to a whopping $70 billion spent on the lottery each year.
  • The mobile game industry generated $40.6 B in revenue in 2016
  • Around $59 billion has already been saved globally through “Prize-Linked Savings” products (in UK, Australia, South Africa.)
  • We spend billions of dollars on mobile games and lotteries, but we’re not saving for our futures
  • Banks have yet to figure out a way to encourage saving across all income levels and especially those that are financially vulnerable.
  • 30% of Millennials would rather invest in cryptocurrencies than in the stock market
Please feel free to download and repurpose the following visuals and assets as needed!

Lindsay Holden
Before starting Long Game, Lindsay Holden co-founded the Applicant Auction, the primary auction for Top Level Domain names which held over $500M in auctions and over $1B in escrow before being acquired. She co-founded VitaMe.com, an online personalized health platform which she also sold. Before that she helped to launch Formation 8, a venture capital firm with over $1B under management. Ms. Holden holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. 
LinkedIn

Ashby Monk
Ashby Monk is Chairman of Long Game where he guides strategy, strategic partnerships, and investment product design. He is also the Executive and Research Director of the Stanford Global Projects Center, Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford, and a Senior Advisor to the Chief Investment Officer of the University of California. He received his Doctorate at Oxford University and holds a Master’s from the Universite de Paris I – Pantheon Sorbonne and a Bachelor’s from Princeton University. 
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