Over 60 App Store Games Conceal Gambling Sites From Everyone But Brazil
The apps run about 15 megabytes, list single-app developer accounts with Vietnamese-sounding names, and match a public GitHub guide for the disguise.
- 60-plus apps hide gambling behind weather, game and utility icons, switching on for Brazilian IPs
- One app topped Apple's Weather category rankings while hiding a full betting platform
- Brazil's Ministry of Justice gave Apple and Google five business days to explain detection and age checks
Why it matters: App Store review does not detect gambling; it detects whatever the developer shows it that day.
9to5Mac investigation ↗ · Jul 19, 20267/19/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check