A parent I advise came to me with a problem that looked solved but was not. She had set a Screen Time passcode on her son’s iPhone, restricted explicit content, and turned off app installation. She had not touched in-app purchases. Two weeks later her statement showed a £10 deposit to Casushi, triggered by Face ID on a phone she had just handed back after checking. The lesson is narrow and worth spelling out: on iOS, a Screen Time passcode does not block spending inside an app that is already installed. You have to disable in-app purchases as a separate step, and you have to make the cashier ask for the passcode every time. This guide walks through exactly how she did it, and what to check on the Casushi app specifically.
Why the Screen Time passcode did not stop the deposit
The first thing to understand is how Apple splits parental controls across two separate menus. Screen Time handles time limits, content restrictions and app installation. The App Store purchase settings handle money. They are related but not the same, and disabling one does not disable the other. My client had assumed the passcode covered everything. It does not. A passcode protects the Screen Time settings themselves, so a child cannot simply turn the restrictions off. It does not intercept a Face ID confirmation inside an app that has already been downloaded.
That distinction matters because of how Face ID works. Face ID is a convenience layer, not a security boundary against a determined child holding a phone up to a parent’s face, or a parent who glances at the screen while a confirmation sheet is open. The Casushi app supports Face ID logins, which is genuinely useful for an adult who wants a quick, secure entry to their account. In the wrong setup, the same feature becomes a one-second approval button. The welcome bonus deposit is the usual first spend, because the mobile lobby includes the welcome offer and presents it prominently on first login. A tap, a glance, and the money has moved.
The fix has two parts, and both are needed. You must turn off in-app purchases at the Apple account level, and you must require the device passcode for every cashier deposit inside Casushi. One without the other leaves a gap. Turning off in-app purchases stops the purchase sheet from completing. Requiring the passcode for cashier deposits means that even a saved payment method cannot be used without a deliberate, typed code. Together they make an accidental or impulsive deposit effectively impossible.
Disabling in-app purchases on the iPhone
Open Settings and tap Screen Time. Tap Content & Privacy Restrictions and make sure the toggle is on. Then tap iTunes & App Store Purchases. You will see three settings: Installing Apps, Deleting Apps, and In-App Purchases. Set In-App Purchases to Don’t Allow. Set Installing Apps to Don’t Allow as well, so a new casino app cannot be added without the passcode. Set Deleting Apps to Don’t Allow if you want the restrictions to stay put. Come back out and confirm the Screen Time passcode is set and known only to you.
One wrinkle worth flagging: if In-App Purchases is already set to Don’t Allow, the Casushi app cashier may still show a deposit screen but the purchase sheet will fail at the point of confirmation. That failure is the point. It is better to see a failed deposit than a completed one. If your child uses the phone for legitimate app purchases, such as a game or a subscription, you can approve each one individually with Ask to Buy rather than switching the restriction off entirely. Ask to Buy sends a request to the family organiser, who approves or declines from their own device.
Do this on every Apple device in the household that can reach the account, not just the child’s iPhone. An iPad signed into the same Apple ID inherits the same purchase settings, but the Screen Time restrictions are per-device. Check the iPad too. If a shared family iPad is used for homework and games, it needs the same treatment. The Casushi iPhone in the house is the obvious one to lock down, but the iPad is the one people forget.
Setting the cashier to require the passcode every time
The second layer lives inside the Casushi app cashier. Open the app, sign in, and go to the cashier section. Look for the payment settings or security settings area. You want the option that requires the device passcode or Face ID for each transaction, rather than a saved authorisation. If the app offers a “remember this device” or “stay signed in” toggle, turn it off. A signed-in session with a saved card is exactly the setup that let the original deposit through in one glance.
While you are in there, review the saved payment methods. Remove any card that does not need to be there. If a deposit method is stored, the cashier can pre-fill it, and the only remaining barrier is the biometric confirmation. https://casushi-online.uk/app/ offers additional context worth reviewing. Removing the stored card means the child would need the card number as well as the passcode. That is a meaningful extra step. It also means you, the parent, have to re-enter the card each time you deposit, which is a small inconvenience that buys real peace of mind.
Check the deposit limits as well. Most regulated operators, Casushi included, let you set a daily, weekly or monthly deposit limit in the responsible play tools. Set a low limit, such as £10 a day, and the cashier will refuse anything above it. That limit is enforced at the account level, so it applies across the Casushi mobile site and the app. It is not a substitute for the purchase restriction, but it is a useful backstop if a restriction is ever accidentally removed. The Casushi mobile site offers responsible play tools in the same place, so you can set the limit from either the app or a browser and it will hold.
What to check on Android and the browser
Android works differently, and the same case study had a second device in the house. Android users access the Casushi site through a mobile browser rather than a native app. Casushi does not publish a standalone Android APK file, so there is no sideloaded app to police. That is actually helpful for parents, because browser play is governed by the browser’s own settings and by Google Play purchase controls, not by a separate app store listing. If your child uses Chrome, open Chrome, go to Settings, then Payment methods, and remove any saved cards. Then in the Google Play Store, open Settings, then Authentication, and require authentication for purchases.
The responsive site detects screen dimensions automatically, so it works the same on a phone, tablet or desktop. That means the responsible play tools and the cashier behave consistently wherever the account is opened. Set the deposit limit once and it applies everywhere. If you are managing a family device, the cleanest approach is to keep the casino account signed out on shared devices and only sign in on a device you control. A home screen shortcut to the mobile site is convenient, but it also makes the site one tap away, so treat it the same way you would treat an installed app.
Push notifications are worth reviewing on both platforms. The Casushi app can send push notifications about offers and bonuses, and those notifications can prompt an impulsive deposit. Turn them off in the iPhone’s Settings, then Notifications, then Casushi, or in the app’s own notification preferences. On the browser, decline notification permissions for the site. Fewer prompts means fewer moments where a child sees a bonus message and asks to “just try it”. The welcome bonus is attractive by design; removing the reminders reduces the temptation.
Building a routine that holds after the first fix
Restrictions drift. iOS updates can reset some settings, a new device can be added to the family, and a child who is determined will look for the gap. My client now does a five-minute check on the first of every month. She opens Screen Time, confirms In-App Purchases is still set to Don’t Allow, confirms the passcode is still active, and opens the Casushi app to confirm the cashier still requires the passcode. She also checks the bank statement for any small deposits, because a £5 or £10 test deposit is the usual first sign. The check takes less time than reading a bonus email.
It also helps to talk to the child about what the restrictions are for. A passcode that appears without explanation feels like a punishment and invites circumvention. A short conversation about how in-app purchases work, what a welcome bonus actually is, and why the cashier now asks for a code does more than any setting. The goal is not to make the app impossible to use; it is to make every deposit a deliberate, adult decision rather than a reflex. That is what the two-layer setup achieves.
If you are setting this up for the first time, the order matters. Disable in-app purchases first, because that is the gap most parents miss. Then set the cashier to require the passcode for every deposit and remove saved cards. Then set a deposit limit in the responsible play tools. Then turn off push notifications. Then do the same checks on any iPad or Android device in the house. Write the date of the last check on a note and repeat it monthly. The whole procedure takes about fifteen minutes the first time and five minutes thereafter.
For reference, this website operates as an information page only. It does not host the casino, take deposits or run the app. The settings above are made in Apple’s own menus and inside the Casushi account, and the exact labels can shift slightly between iOS versions and app updates. If a menu has moved, search the iPhone’s Settings for “In-App Purchases” and follow the path from there. The principle stays the same: the Screen Time passcode protects the settings, not the spending, so the spending has to be blocked at the purchase level and again at the cashier. Do both, check monthly, and the one-glance deposit that started this case study cannot happen again.
