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Came across a weird scam on the Apple app store - apps that are advertising themselves openly as casino/gambling apps in ad networks, but then the app listing page has been camouflaged so that they can evade Apple's gambling and age restrictions (downloadable by kids as young as 4).

One for a fish-themed slot machine has an app store page listing itself as "Gill Guru" an ai-powered "fishing mentor." Another for an Egyptian-themed slot has an app page that pretends to be a historical reference app. And I'm sure this is an iceberg tip and there are plenty more.

I'm interested by these cropping up for two reasons. First because the "report a problem" link has been removed from app store pages, so now the only way to report an app like this is to install it on your device. Secondly because the Epic v Apple case was in the news as recently as today.