Children’s iPhone game secretly hid a casino

A secret casino that disguised itself as a children’s endless runner game managed to slip past Apple’s App Store moderation and onto iPhones.

The “Jungle Runner 2k21” app was spotted by developer Kosta Eleftheriou, who shared screenshots of its subterfuge on Twitter.

If opened by a user in the US, the app would launch a poorly-made infinite runner game. Once Eleftheriou changed his VPN to Turkey and relaunched the app, however, it transformed into a casino that seemingly managed to avoid Apple’s in-app purchase regulations.