Apple App Store Gambling Policy
- Aug 07, 2012 Apple allows online gambling applications in a few forms (and not just in places where it is explicitly permitted). They do not allow any payments through the applications - those have to be done on the websites A few examples: Pokerstars is available for download in the app store, even from Israel where online gambling is explicitly disallowed.
- Social gaming apps offering simulated gambling products must now restrict their audience to players 17 years or older if they want to find a home in Apple’s App Store. On Tuesday, several.
In your purchase history, you can do these things:
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- See a complete list of your purchases from the App Store and iTunes Store.
- Request a refund.
- Report a problem with an app or other item.
- See the date when you bought an item or the date when an order was billed.
- See which payment method was charged for an item.
- Resend a receipt to yourself via email.
To see your purchase history, tap or click this button:
If your purchase history doesn't appear when you tap or click the button, follow the steps below.
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See your purchase history on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap your name, then tap iTunes & App Store.
- Tap your Apple ID, then tap View Apple ID. You might be asked to sign in.
- Scroll to Purchase History and tap it. If you want to see purchases that you made more than 90 days prior, tap Last 90 Days, then select a date range.
- Find the item, then tap Total Billed.
- From here, you can do these things:
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- To request a refund or report a problem with the item, tap the item, then tap 'Report a Problem' and describe your issue.
- To see the date when you bought the item and the device you used to buy it, tap the item.
- To send yourself a new email receipt, tap Resend. You can’t send a receipt for a free item.
Learn what to do if you don’t see the item you’re looking for or if you see unexpected charges.
See your purchase history on your computer
- Open the Music app or iTunes. From the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Account, then click View My Account.
- On the Account Information page, scroll down to Purchase History. Next to Most Recent Purchase, click See All.
- Find the item. It might take a moment for your Purchase History to appear. If you want to see purchases that you made more than 90 days prior, click Last 90 Days, then select a date range.
- From here, you can do these things:
- To request a refund or report a problem with the item, click More, then click 'Report a Problem' and describe your issue.
- To send yourself a new email receipt, click the order ID, then click Resend. You can’t send a receipt for a free item.
- To see which device you used to purchase the item, click More.
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Learn what to do if you don’t see the item you’re looking for or if you see unexpected charges.
See recent purchases on any device
- Go to reportaproblem.apple.com.
- Sign in with your Apple ID and password.
- From here, you can do these things:
Report issues or request a refund
To request a refund or report a problem with an item, find the item, then tap or click 'Report' or 'Report a Problem.”
If you want to see charges for Apple Music, Apple News+, or iCloud storage, or charges from older purchases, view your purchase history through Settings or the App Store.
See receipts
To view receipts for your recent purchases, go to the Receipts tab. If you’re not sure what you were charged for but you know the exact amount, search for the amount. To see charges from older purchases, view your purchase history through Settings or the App Store.
To send yourself an email receipt, find the item, then tap or click Receipt. At the bottom of the invoice, tap or click Print or Send. You can’t send a receipt for a free item.
Learn what to do if you don’t see the item you’re looking for or if you see unexpected charges.
If you can't find an item in your purchase history
If you can’t find the item you’re looking for, try these things before you contact Apple.
Find out if a family member purchased the item
If you use Family Sharing, your purchase history shows purchases that you made using your Apple ID, but you won't see what other family members bought. To see what other family members bought, sign in with their Apple ID.
If you want to control what kids buy, use Ask to Buy or Restrictions.
Turn on Ask to Buy.
Use Restrictions on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Check if you purchased the item with a different Apple ID
If you don't see an item in your purchase history, you might have been signed in with a different Apple ID when you made the purchase. Sign in with that Apple ID to check if your purchases were billed to that account.
Sign in with your Apple ID.
If you still can’t find your purchase, contact Apple Support.
If you see purchases that you don't recognize or unexpected charges
- If you see items in your purchase history that you don't remember buying, check if someone else who uses your device, such as a family member, bought the item. If someone else is using your Apple ID and password, change your Apple ID password.
- If you don't recognize a charge on your statement from your bank or financial institution, try these steps.
- If you still need help, contact Apple Support.
Learn more
- If you see an in-app purchase in your purchase history but you don't see it in the app, learn how to restore in-app purchases.
- Get more information about how to request a refund.
- Before you can request a refund, you might need to pay for pending purchases or fix a problem with your payment method.
- Learn about how App Store and iTunes Store purchases are billed.
- If you received a suspicious email notification about a purchase, the email might not be from Apple or reflect actual charges to your account. Learn how to identify legitimate App Store or iTunes Store emails.
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Apple is removing a slew of apps from its App Store in China in order to comply with the country’s strict regulations.
According to Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television or CCTV, Apple has removed 25,000 gambling apps from its Chinese App Store. This move comes after a number of Chinese media outlets lobbed complaints at the tech giant last month for allegedly allowing gambling, pornography, and counterfeit goods promotions in its App Store.
SEE ALSO: Apple iCloud data in China now stored by state-owned company
State-controlled media had claimed that these gambling and lottery apps were not only illegal, but fake as well, resulting enormous losses for people who were scammed.
“Apple itself has set up the rules on how to allow apps onto its store, but it didn’t follow that, resulting in the proliferation of bogus lottery apps and gambling apps,” CCTV said on Sunday according to the Wall Street Journal.
Apple confirmed the gambling app takedowns, as they are illegal in China, and noted a continuing effort to keep these apps off its App Store.
This isn’t the first time Apple had to remove a genre of applications from its App Store to observe Chinese regulations. Last year, Apple purged VPN apps from the App Store in China as they were being used to get around the Great Firewall, which blocks non-state sanctioned content from reaching its population of more than 1.3 billion.
In addition, earlier this year, the company had to change how it stored Chinese users’ iCloud data. To comply with Chinese regulations, Apple had to move iCloud data for its China-based users to a telecom company in mainland China. Just last month, a state-owned telecom took over the storage for this data.
Apple is also far from the only U.S.-based tech company dealing with regulation issues in China. Google is currently facing pressure, from both inside and outside the company, over its plans to create a China censorship-friendly search engine.
Apple, Google, and many other U.S. businesses have found its relationships with China teetering as they’ve been caught in between the trade wars with the country thanks to tariffs handed down by the Trump administration.