Lottery Game Access Control for Destination Game Guidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users may overlook specific lottery games that a game operator wants them to play due to the multitude of options available, leading to them selecting and playing other games instead.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device and medium that restricts users from playing non-designated lottery games until they play a preset destination game, notified through display screens, guiding them to the desired game.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple lottery games are provided to users, then user choice and game variety are improved, but users may overlook operator-preferred games and select other games instead
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by setting play counts to zero for all lottery games before a guidance period starts, and pre-configuring guidance period settings that automatically activate. This ensures that when the guidance period begins, the restriction mechanism is already in place to direct users to the designated lottery game, preventing them from overlooking it among multiple options.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring the play count of the designated lottery game during the guidance period. When the play count reaches the specified threshold, the system automatically ends the guidance period and updates the game availability status. This feedback loop ensures users receive guidance until they engage with the preferred game, addressing the issue of users overlooking it.
2Reliability
If users are restricted from playing selected lottery games, then users are directed to the destination lottery game, but user freedom of choice is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies dynamics by making game availability conditional rather than fixed. Lottery games are dynamically restricted during the guidance period based on whether the play count of the destination game has reached the threshold. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to reliably guide users while automatically restoring full user freedom once the guidance objective is achieved, balancing reliability and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the play count threshold as an intermediary mechanism between user freedom and guidance effectiveness. Rather than permanently restricting users, the play count serves as a mediator that temporarily limits access to other games only until the destination game is played the specified number of times. This intermediary approach maintains user freedom while ensuring guidance effectiveness.
3Productivity
If a guidance period is implemented to direct users to a specific lottery game, then user engagement with the preferred game is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the guidance period management functions with the existing lottery game execution and play count tracking infrastructure. The guidance period settings are integrated into the same system that manages game availability and user play records, eliminating the need for separate complex management systems. This merging approach improves user engagement with the preferred game while minimizing the increase in system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies universality by designing the guidance period mechanism to work across multiple lottery games simultaneously. The same play count tracking and restriction logic is reused for different destination games and guidance periods, rather than creating separate specialized systems for each game. This multi-functional approach enhances productivity by directing users to preferred games while keeping device complexity manageable through code reuse.
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AI summary
An information processing device includes a controller that restricts a user from playing a lottery game that the user has selected, via a terminal device. from among a plurality of types of lottery games, in a case where the user has not yet played a preset destination lottery game that is not the selected lottery game.