On October 9, UK company LOW6 officially announced the acquisition of Brighton-based developer Splash Games. The acquisition amount was not disclosed, but what was purchased is quite clear: Splash has done player-versus-player cash tournaments, with several casual mini-games like solitaire, bubble pop, and crossword, where two players each put in a fee to see who scores higher. LOW6 is directly injecting this hands-on experience into its own white-label platform Rivalz, which just launched in 2026.
Rivalz's approach is different from the traditional game library sales model. Operators keep their own brand and interface up front, and connect to LOW6's API on the back end. How tournaments are scheduled, whether matchmaking is fair, who decides the results, anti-cheat and traceable record-keeping — all of this is handled by LOW6 behind the scenes. Compliance tools, dispute resolution, and audit records submitted to regulators are also bundled in. What operators need to do is basically just the gaming API integration step, with the entire daily operation of tournaments outsourced.
This acquisition also brought people: Splash co-founder Joshua Sprey is coming over as the commercial lead for the skill-based competition division, preparing to launch with multiple top-tier US operators in succession. LOW6's own skill game lineup already includes blackjack, Texas hold'em, billiards, and darts, and with Splash's casual titles added, the category coverage is even more complete.
For teams choosing a platform solution, the commonly seen categories are sports, live dealer, board games, and electronic games. Skill-based competition has long been treated as a niche vertical, but this deal shows it is growing into a white-label product line that can be delivered independently, and it follows a light delivery model of "connect the API, outsource the operations."
For white-label platform solutions, what is worth noting is that division of labor: brand and customer acquisition stay with the operator, while heavy work like tournament mechanics, compliance, and anti-cheat is handed to the platform side. When evaluating platform solutions in the future, you can ask one more question — besides the game library, can you also manage the operations together? Those who can answer that save more than just a development cycle.