JP7124476B2 - Judgment program, judgment method, and judgment device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a determination program, a determination method, and a determination device.

2. Description of the Related Art In countries where gambling facilities such as casinos are permitted to operate and be used, various measures may be taken to prevent gambling users from continuing gambling. Gambling addiction is classified as one of mental disorders as a gambling disorder.

Japanese Patent Publication No. 2007-503631 Japanese Patent Publication No. 2012-506587 Japanese translation of PCT publication No. 2015-525086 JP 2016-081447 A JP 2017-016209 A

In Japan as well, the legalization of casinos and other facilities is under consideration, and if such facilities are legalized, it is believed that the number of users who become addicted to gambling will increase.

In addition to casinos, it can be said that facilities or services capable of executing various types of games such as pachinko, slots, horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, mahjong, card games, etc., provide entertainment with gambling elements. In the following explanation, for the sake of convenience, in addition to casinos, these games are also collectively referred to as "gambling" regardless of whether or not money bets are exchanged depending on the outcome of the game, and gambling is possible. Facilities or services are referred to as "amusement facilities".

In order to prevent the occurrence of users with gambling addiction and the increase in addiction, it is important to take early measures against users who are addicted to gambling or who are becoming addicted to gambling. be.

For example, in order to monitor the gambling usage of each user (person) by computer, it is conceivable to introduce a computer-based monitoring system or the like to the amusement facility. However, when introducing a monitoring system or the like, various costs are incurred for the introduction and maintenance of the computer, so it is difficult to say that this is an efficient method.

In one aspect, the present invention is directed to efficiently determine a particular person's gambling addiction.

In one aspect, a determination program for determining a particular person's gambling addiction may cause a computer to perform the following processes. In the process, the terminal corresponding to the specific person determines the specific person's degree of dependence on gambling based on the degree of relevance between the site accessed by the terminal or the content acquired from the accessed site and gambling. You can judge. Said access may be through a network of establishments capable of gambling. In the process of determining the degree of dependence, the access destination site provides gambling support information including at least one of information for improving gambling knowledge and skills, information on cheating, and information for raising funds. In the case of the site providing the content, or in the case where the content is a gambling support application, if the content includes gambling support information including information used in the operation of the gambling support application, the degree of relevance is relative It may include a process of determining that it is relatively high.

In one aspect, the gambling addiction of a particular person can be efficiently determined.

It is a block diagram showing an example of functional composition of a judgment system concerning one embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of an access log. It is a figure which shows an example of an access log. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware structural example of the dependency determination apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an access destination list; FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a keyword list. It is a figure which shows an example of a total table. It is a figure which shows an example of a determination table. It is a figure which shows an example of a candidate list. 6 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the dependence degree determination device according to the embodiment;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, the embodiments described below are merely examples, and are not intended to exclude various modifications and application of techniques not explicitly described below. For example, this embodiment can be modified in various ways without departing from the spirit of the embodiment. In the drawings used in the following embodiments, parts with the same reference numerals represent the same or similar parts unless otherwise specified.

[1] One Embodiment [1-1] Configuration Example of Determination System First, a configuration example of a determination system according to one embodiment will be described. In one embodiment, the determination system is a system at least a portion of which is installed in an amusement facility capable of gambling and which determines the degree of gambling addiction of a user of the amusement facility. In the following explanation, for the sake of convenience, it is assumed that the amusement facility is a casino.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of a determination system 1 according to one embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1 , the determination system 1 may illustratively include a communication device 2 and a dependency determination device 3 .

The communication device 2 is provided in the casino and controls communication between the network 4 inside the casino and the network 6 outside the casino. Examples of the communication device 2 include a gateway such as a router.

The network 4 in the casino is, for example, a LAN (Local Network). For example, assuming that the LAN is connected to and used by terminals 5 corresponding to (for example, owned by) users of the casino, the area around the casino facility, including the inside of the casino facility and the vicinity of the entrance/exit area, is controlled by the casino. may be a network provided in Moreover, in one embodiment, the network 4 may be further connected with a dependency determination device 3 .

The network 4 may include at least one of a wired LAN that connects to the LAN using a wired cable, and a wireless LAN that connects to the LAN using wireless communication. Examples of wireless LANs include Wi-Fi (registered trademark). Examples of the terminal 5 include various computers having communication functions, such as PCs (Personal Computers) such as smart phones, tablets, and laptops, and mobile phones.

The network 6 outside the casino includes, for example, a WAN (Wide Area Network) such as the Internet. A plurality of servers 7 may be connected to the network 6, for example.

Examples of the server 7 include various computers that provide access destination sites to be accessed by the terminal 5 . The access destination site may be, for example, a site (web page) that provides gambling support information. Alternatively, for example, when the terminal 5 executes an application that supports execution of gambling (gambling support application), the access destination site is a site that provides the application itself, or an API that provides information to the application. etc. API is an abbreviation for Application Program Interface.

The gambling support information is information for assisting the user in performing gambling. Examples of gambling support information include website content such as information for improving gambling knowledge and skills, information on fraudulent behavior such as cheating, and information for financing such as cash advances and loans. . Other examples of gambling support information include content such as the gambling support application itself, information used in the operation of the application, and the like.

The server 7 may be, for example, a web server that provides (responds to) gambling support information in response to a request from an application such as a web browser on the terminal 5 . Also, the server 7 may be, for example, a web server or an API server that provides gambling support information used by gambling support applications.

The communication device 2 may relay and control communication between the terminal 5 and each of a plurality of servers 7 connected to the network 6 via the networks 4 and 6, for example. Thereby, the user can access various contents provided by the server 7 through the terminal 5 .

Further, the communication device 2 may monitor communication between the terminal 5 and the server 7 and manage an access log 2a regarding at least one of the state and content of the communication. In the following description, for convenience, the access log 2a is described as information in a table format, but the access log 2a may be information stored in a storage device in a format such as an array.

The communication device 2 may, for example, collect logs relating to the state and/or content of individual communications, and store and accumulate the collected logs in the storage device as the access log 2a. Examples of storage devices include non-volatile memory such as flash memory and volatile memory such as RAM (Random Access Memory).

2 and 3 are diagrams showing access logs 2a-1 and 2a-2, respectively, as examples of the access log 2a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the access log 2a-1 may illustratively include items such as time, member number, and access destination. The time is an example of the access time, and may be the time when the access request from the terminal 5 is received, for example. The member number is an example of user identification information associated with the terminal 5 . The access destination is an example of the access destination related to the access request, and may be information specifying the server 7, for example, a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

Also, as shown in FIG. 3, the access log 2a-2 may illustratively include time, member number, and keyword items. The time and member number are the same as in the example shown in FIG. The keyword may be, for example, a search keyword sent from the terminal 5 to the server 7 of the search engine that searches for web pages related to the keyword.

The access log 2a may be either one of the access log 2a-1 shown in FIG. 2 and the access log 2a-2 shown in FIG. Alternatively, the access log 2a individually has both the access log 2a-1 shown in FIG. 2 for storing access destinations and the access log 2a-2 shown in FIG. 3 for storing keywords. Alternatively, information obtained by integrating both may be used. The access log 2a may include, as one entry, the access destination shown in FIG. 2 and the keyword shown in FIG. 3 as referrer information for searching for the access destination.

In the following explanation, access log 2a is assumed to have both access logs 2a-1 and 2a-2 individually. Hereinafter, when the access logs 2a-1 and 2a-2 are not distinguished, they are simply referred to as access log 2a.

In the examples of FIGS. 2 and 3, it is assumed that the communication device 2 authenticates member information when the terminal 5 uses the network 4, and the member number is included in the access log 2a. For example, when the communication device 2 receives a connection request to the network 4 from the terminal 5, it performs an authentication process using the member number and password based on the member information. may be allowed to use. In this case, the communication device 2 manages communication from the terminal 5 to the network 4 in association with the member number.

In addition, for example, if a casino is provided with an entrance/exit gate for managing and controlling the entrance/exit of users to/from the casino, member information is used for authentication and management of entrance/exit of users at the entrance/exit gate. good too. In this case, entry/exit to the casino may be performed by opening/closing an entry/exit gate using a card or the like linked to member information, for example.

As another example, the communication device 2 may not authenticate member information. For example, the network 4 may be a network such as Free Wi-Fi or Public Wi-Fi that allows terminals 5 to connect to the network 4 by omitting authentication processing based on member information. In this case, identification information of the terminal 5 such as a terminal unique identifier may be set in the access log 2a instead of the membership number.

The dependence degree determination device 3 is an example of a determination device that determines a user's degree of gambling dependence based on access to an access destination site via the network 4 by the terminal 5 of the user who uses the amusement facility. .

Examples of the dependence degree determination device 3 include computers such as servers and PCs. For example, in a casino, an existing computer connected to the network 4 may be caused to execute the determination program according to one embodiment, thereby realizing the function of the dependency determination device 3 .

As shown in FIG. 1, the dependency determination device 3 may include a memory unit 10 and a control unit 20, for example. Details of the memory unit 10 and the control unit 20 will be described later.

The memory unit 10 is an example of a holding unit that stores various information used to determine (evaluate) a user's degree of dependence on gambling, and may store various information used by the control unit 20 . The memory unit 10 may be realized by one or more storage devices, and RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks) may be configured by a plurality of storage devices.

As shown in FIG. 1, the memory unit 10 may store information of an access destination list 11, a keyword list 12, a tally table 13, a determination table 14, and a candidate list 15, for example. In the following description, for the sake of convenience, these lists or tables 11 to 15 will be described as information in table format, but these lists or tables 11 to 15 can be used in arrays, databases (DB), and the like. It may be information stored in a format.

The control unit 20 may determine (evaluate) the gambling dependence of each user based on the access log 2a stored in the communication device 2 and the lists or tables 11 to 15 stored in the memory unit 10. . In addition, the control unit 20 may control the execution of various actions for reducing the gambling dependence of each user according to the gambling dependence. Details of the control unit 20 will be described later.

[1-2] Hardware Configuration Example of Dependency Determining Device Next, a hardware configuration example of the dependency determining device 3 according to one embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the dependency determination device 3 illustratively includes a processor 3a, a memory 3b, a storage unit 3c, an IF (Interface) unit 3d, an I/O (Input/Output) unit 3e, and a reading unit. You can have 3f.

The processor 3a is an example of an arithmetic processing device that performs various controls and calculations in the dependency determination device 3. FIG. The processor 3a may be connected to each block in the dependency determination device 3 via a bus 3i so as to be able to communicate with each other. As the processor 3a, for example, an integrated circuit (IC) such as a CPU, MPU, GPU, APU, DSP, ASIC, and FPGA may be used. CPU is an abbreviation for Central Processing Unit, and MPU is an abbreviation for Micro Processing Unit. GPU is an abbreviation for Graphics Processing Unit, and APU is an abbreviation for Accelerated Processing Unit. DSP is an abbreviation for Digital Signal Processor, ASIC is an abbreviation for Application Specific IC, and FPGA is an abbreviation for Field-Programmable Gate Array.

The memory 3b is an example of hardware that stores information such as various data and programs. Examples of the memory 3b include volatile memory such as RAM.

The storage unit 3c is an example of hardware that stores information such as various data and programs. Examples of the storage unit 3c include magnetic disk devices such as HDDs (Hard Disk Drives), semiconductor drive devices such as SSDs (Solid State Drives), and various storage devices such as nonvolatile memories. Examples of nonvolatile memory include ROM (Read Only Memory), flash memory, SCM (Storage Class Memory), and the like.

The memory unit 10 of the dependency determination device 3 shown in FIG. 1 may be implemented by, for example, a storage area of at least one of the memory 3b and the storage unit 3c of the dependency determination device 3. FIG.

Further, the storage unit 3c may store a program 3g that implements all or part of various functions of the dependency determination device 3. FIG. The processor 3a can implement the function of the dependence degree determination device 3 shown in FIG. The functions of the dependence degree determination device 3 may include, for example, the functions of the control unit 20 including the calculation unit 21, the dependence degree determination unit 22, and the coping control unit 23, which will be described later.

The IF unit 3d is an example of a communication IF that controls connection and communication with a network, for example, the network 4. FIG. For example, the IF unit 3d may control a LAN-compliant Ethernet (registered trademark) IF or the like. For example, the program 3g may be downloaded to the dependency determination device 3 via the network 4 via the communication IF and stored in the storage unit 3c.

The I/O unit 3e includes one or both of an input unit such as a mouse, keyboard, or operation buttons, and an output unit such as a touch panel display, LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor, projector, or printer. good.

The reading unit 3f is an example of a reader that reads data and program information recorded on the recording medium 3h. The reading unit 3f may include a connection terminal or device to which the recording medium 3h can be connected or inserted. Examples of the reading unit 3f include an adapter conforming to USB (Universal Serial Bus), a drive device for accessing a recording disk, and a card reader for accessing flash memory such as an SD card. The recording medium 3h may store the program 3g, or the reading unit 3f may read the program 3g from the recording medium 3h and store it in the storage unit 3c.

Examples of the recording medium 3h include non-temporary recording media such as magnetic/optical discs and flash memories. Examples of magnetic/optical discs include flexible discs, CDs (Compact Discs), DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), Blu-ray discs, and HVDs (Holographic Versatile Discs). Examples of flash memory include a USB memory, an SD card, and the like. Examples of CD include CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and the like. Examples of DVD include DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW.

The hardware configuration of the dependence degree determination device 3 described above is an example. Therefore, hardware may be increased or decreased (for example, addition or deletion of arbitrary blocks), division, integration in arbitrary combinations, or addition or deletion of buses within the dependency determination device 3 as appropriate.

At least one of the terminal 5 and the server 7 shown in FIG. 1 may have a hardware configuration similar to the hardware configuration of the dependence degree determination device 3 illustrated in FIG.

For example, the storage unit 3c of the terminal 5 may store a program 3g that implements all or part of various functions of the terminal 5. FIG. The processor 3a of the terminal 5 can implement the functions of the terminal 5 shown in FIG. 1 by loading the program 3g stored in the storage unit 3c into the memory 3b and executing it. Further, the storage unit 3c of the server 7 may store a program 3g that implements all or part of various functions of the server 7. FIG. The processor 3a of the server 7 can implement the functions of the server 7 shown in FIG. 1 by loading the program 3g stored in the storage unit 3c into the memory 3b and executing it.

[1-3] Example of Functional Configuration of Control Unit Next, an example of the functional configuration of the control unit 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 5 to 9. FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 20 may include, for example, a calculation unit 21, a dependency determination unit 22, and a coping control unit 23.

The calculator 21 calculates points (which may be referred to as “points”) for each user based on the access log 2a stored by the communication device 2 . The score is an index used to determine the degree of addiction to gambling. For example, the score is determined (evaluated) so that the higher the score, the higher the degree of dependence on gambling, in other words, the higher the degree of relevance between the accessed site or the content obtained from the accessed site and gambling. It is an indicator that

Here, as described above, in one embodiment, a user of the casino can access the server 7 connected to the network 6 via the network 4 and the communication device 2 of the casino via the terminal 5 . Acquisition of gambling support information is conceivable as one form of usage of the casino network 4 by the user. Non-limiting examples of the gambling support information include information shown in (a) to (c) below.

(a) information for improving gambling knowledge or skills;
For example, the information related to (a) includes information such as gambling winning methods, and information on blogs of people who have won big. Also, the gambling support information related to (a) includes, for example, a gambling support application itself for practice such as "eye-pushing" in a slot or the like, information used in the operation of the application, and the like.

(b) information for cheating or other fraudulent activities;
For example, the information related to (b) includes cheating (bogus) techniques and behind-the-scenes information. Further, the information related to (b) includes, for example, the gambling support application itself for practice such as "counting" in card games such as cards, and information used in the operation of the application.

(c) Information for Financing.
For example, the information related to (c) includes information for using money-related services such as debt, loans, or cash advances, information related to the services, and the like. Further, the information related to (c) includes, for example, the gambling support application itself that provides the money-related service, information used in the operation of the application, and the like.

In one embodiment, users who use gambling support information as exemplified in (a) to (c) above tend to be more dependent on gambling than users who do not use gambling support information. Assume there is. Under this assumption, the calculation unit 21 calculates a score for each user based on the access log 2a as an index representing the degree of relevance between the access destination and/or the search keyword and gambling.

For example, the calculation unit 21 transmits a transmission request for the access log 2a to the communication device 2 at a predetermined timing, for example, at a predetermined cycle, receives the access log 2a as a response to the transmission request from the communication device 2, The received access log 2 a may be stored in the memory unit 10 . Note that the predetermined cycle may be, for example, a periodic period of several minutes to several hours or several days.

Then, based on the access destination list 11 and the keyword list 12, the calculation unit 21 totalizes the points of each of the access destinations and search keywords included in the access log 2a for each user or terminal 5, and puts the totalization result into a total table. 13 can be saved.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the access destination list 11. As shown in FIG. The access destination list 11 is an example of the first information indicating the degree of relevance between the address of the site providing gambling support information and gambling, and may include, for example, items of URLs and points. The URL is an access destination that is suspected of being a gambling addict (suspicious access destination), in other words, an access destination that may be accessed by a user who is or is becoming dependent on gambling. indicates The score is information indicating the degree of association between a web page or content obtained from a URL and gambling.

Examples shown in FIG. Access destinations such as consumer finance sites are included.

For example, the calculation unit 21 compares the access log 2a-1 and the access destination list 11, and from the access log 2a-1, the member number of the user who accessed the URL that matches the URL of the access destination list 11. can be obtained. Then, the calculation unit 21 may set the obtained member number and the score corresponding to the URL in the access destination list 11 in the total table 13 .

Note that, when an entry of the target member number exists in the aggregation table 13, the calculation unit 21 may add the score corresponding to the URL in the access destination list 11 to the score of the entry. Further, the comparison between the access log 2a-1 and the URLs in the access destination list 11 is not limited to full-text match, and partial match, for example, domain match may be determined.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the keyword list 12. As shown in FIG. The keyword list 12 is an example of second information indicating the degree of association between a character string for searching gambling support information and gambling, and may include, for example, items of keywords and points. The keyword indicates a keyword that a gambling addict user can search for (addiction keyword), in other words, a keyword that a user who is dependent on gambling or who is becoming dependent on gambling may search for. The score is information indicating the degree of association between the keyword and gambling.

The example shown in FIG. 6 includes keywords such as "winning method" corresponding to the above (a), "cheating" corresponding to the above (b), and "caching" and "debt" corresponding to the above (c). be

For example, the calculation unit 21 compares the access log 2a-2 with the keyword list 12, and acquires the member number of the user who searched for a keyword that matches the keyword in the keyword list 12 from the access log 2a-2. You can Then, the calculation unit 21 may set the acquired member number and the score corresponding to the keyword in the keyword list 12 to the tally table 13 .

Note that, when an entry of the target member number exists in the aggregation table 13, the calculation unit 21 may add the score corresponding to the keyword in the keyword list 12 to the score of the entry. Further, the comparison between the access log 2a-2 and the keywords in the keyword list 12 is not limited to full-text matching, and partial character string matching may be determined.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the tally table 13. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the tally table 13 may include, for example, membership number and score items. The points in the tally table 13 may indicate the total points for each member number (or terminal 5).

As an example, in the access log 2a-1 in FIG. (8 points), totaling 18 points. In addition, in the access log 2a-2 of FIG. 3, this user has searched for the keywords "Hitoshiho" (10 points) and "Caching" (9 points) in the keyword list 12, giving a total of 19 points. becomes. Therefore, the calculation unit 21 sets 18+19=37 points as the points for the member number "A0001" (see FIG. 7).

As another example, for the user with the member number "B0001", none of the access destinations in the access log 2a-1 in FIG. Further, for this user, none of the keywords in the access log 2a-2 of FIG. 3 match the keywords in the keyword list 12, and the score is 0. Therefore, the calculator 21 sets 0 as the score for the member number "B0001" (see FIG. 7).

The access destination list 11 and the keyword list 12 described above may be set in advance by, for example, an administrator of the dependence degree determination device 3 and stored in the memory unit 10 .

The dependency determination unit 22 determines the gambling dependency of each user based on the score for each user calculated by the calculation unit 21 .

For example, the dependency determination unit 22 compares the score of the user in the aggregation table 13 with the score set in the determination table 14 for each user set in the aggregation table 13, and determines the score of the user. may determine a dependency corresponding to .

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the determination table 14. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the determination table 14 may include, by way of example, items of score, degree of dependence, and action. The score indicates the score corresponding to each degree of gambling addiction or the score range. The degree of dependence indicates the degree of dependence on gambling of the user. The action indicates the content of the action to be executed by the coping control unit 23, which will be described later, for the user determined to have each degree of dependence.

Note that, as shown in FIG. 8, examples of dependence degrees include "no problem", "observation required", "probable addiction", and "addiction". "No problem" means a low probability of addiction. "Observation required" means a condition in which the possibility of addiction is low, but observation is preferable. "Pre-addiction" means a state of being likely to become addicted or on the verge of becoming addicted. "Dependent" means determined to be addicted. Note that these dependencies may be expressed as "ranks", with "no problem" being the lowest rank and "addiction" being the highest rank.

For example, the dependency determination unit 22 compares the 37 points corresponding to the user with the member number "A0001" shown in FIG. 7 and the range of points in the determination table 14 shown in FIG. The 37 points correspond to the range of 30 to 49 points in the determination table 14, and the degree of dependence corresponding to this range is "probable addiction". Therefore, the addiction determination unit 22 may determine that the user with the membership number "A0001" is a "suspect addict" gambling addict.

As another example, the dependency determination unit 22 compares the 0 points corresponding to the user with the member number "B0001" shown in FIG. 7 and the range of points in the determination table 14 shown in FIG. 0 point corresponds to the range of 0 to 9 points in the determination table 14 . Therefore, the dependency determination unit 22 may determine that the user with the member number "B0001" has "no problem".

Furthermore, as another example, the dependency determination unit 22 determines that the 20 points corresponding to the user with the member number "C0001" shown in FIG. Therefore, it may be determined that the user is "observation required".

In this way, the dependence degree determination unit 22 is an example of a determination unit that determines that the access destination site or the content acquired from the access destination site has a relatively high degree of relevance to gambling when the content includes gambling support information. is.

Note that the dependency determination unit 22 uses the information of users determined to have a dependency other than "no problem" in the determination table 14, in other words, a dependency of "observation required" or higher, as a gambling addict candidate. may be set in the person list 15. Alternatively, the dependence degree determination unit 22 determines that the user is determined to have a dependence degree for which some action is set in the determination table 14, in other words, the dependence degree is equal to or higher than "suspect addiction". User information may be set in the candidate list 15 .

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the candidate list 15. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the candidate list 15 may include, by way of example, membership number and dependence level items. In the candidate list 15 shown in FIG. 15, for example, information of users determined to have a degree of dependence (rank) equal to or higher than "observation required" is set.

The determination table 14 described above may be set in advance by, for example, an administrator of the dependency determination device 3 and stored in the memory unit 10 .

The coping control unit 23 controls execution of coping (action) for the user or the terminal 5 according to the determined dependence degree based on the dependence degree determination result for each user.

For example, the handling control unit 23 may control execution of actions set (defined) in the determination table 14 for each user set in the candidate list 15 .

As shown in FIG. 8, the contents of the action include "prohibit entry", "email", and the like.

"No entry" is an example of restrictions on the user from entering the casino. For example, the coping control unit 23 may perform at least one of the following controls (i) to (iii) as the entry/exit prohibition action. It should be noted that a period during which the restriction is imposed may be set for the entry restriction. For example, the higher the user's score, the longer the period for which the restriction is imposed may be set.

(i) control of entrance gates;
For example, when an entrance/exit gate is provided in a casino, the handling control unit 23 can open and close the entrance/exit gate using a card linked to the member information of the user, and prevent the user from entering during the entry restriction period. can be controlled as follows. As a result, it is possible to prevent users with gambling addiction from continuing gambling.

(ii) Notifying security guards, etc., of information on restrictions on entry of users.
For example, the countermeasure control unit 23 may notify a security officer such as a security guard of a casino about information about users who are restricted from entering the store, details of the restriction on entering the store, and the like. Methods of notifying the security staff include, for example, e-mail transmission to the terminal used by the security staff, push notification, and the like. As a result, it is possible to prevent users with gambling addiction from continuing gambling.

(iii) Prohibition notice to users.
For example, the coping control unit 23 may notify the terminal 5 of the user that the user is determined to have a gambling addiction, that entry is prohibited, and the like. In addition, the notification may include guidance or the like that recommends the user to use a counseling center to which a counselor (counselor) who has knowledge about gambling addiction belongs.

Methods of notifying the terminal 5 include, for example, sending an e-mail to the user's e-mail address managed as member information, or a push notification to the user's terminal 5 or the like. In addition, when a period of entry restriction is set, the user may be notified of the date and time when the entry restriction is lifted. As a result, the user can be made to recognize that he or she has a gambling addiction, and can be urged to voluntarily suppress gambling and receive treatment.

"Mail" is an example of a notice for alerting the user to gambling addiction. For example, the coping control unit 23 determines that the terminal 5 of the user is a candidate for gambling addiction (possible or becoming a gambling addiction) by the same method as in (iii) above. ), and guidance recommending the use of a counseling center, etc., may be notified. As a result, the user can be made to recognize that he or she is likely to become a gambling addict, and can be encouraged to voluntarily curb gambling and receive treatment.

It should be noted that the content of each action described above is merely an example, and may be executed in various modifications.

As described above, according to one embodiment, based on the degree of relevance between gambling and the accessed site accessed by the terminal 5 via the network 4 of the amusement facility or the content acquired from the accessed site, A person's gambling addiction can be assessed.

As a result, it is possible to efficiently determine the degree of gambling dependence for each user (person), such as addiction or potential addiction. increase can be suppressed.

In addition, the dependence degree determination device 3 can determine the degree of dependence on gambling for each user by acquiring the access log 2a from the communication device 2 in the network 4 of the casino. Costs can be reduced compared to installing in

Furthermore, unlike the state and behavior of the user in the casino, for example, the behavior of the user in the casino, the use of cash and cards, etc., the dependency determination device 3 allows the user to relatively freely use his/her own terminal 5. The degree of dependence is determined based on the content of access to the network 6 that can be used for

This allows users to obtain information from the Internet about their mental and psychological dependence on gambling, which is not reflected in the user's state and behavior at the casino, or is difficult to read. It is possible to efficiently determine from the log indicating whether the Therefore, users with gambling addiction can be identified with high accuracy and efficiency, and potential addiction users and users requiring observation can be detected at an early stage.

Further, the dependence degree determination device 3 can detect early signs of a user's interest in fraudulent behavior such as "cheating", that is, signs of fraudulent behavior by the user, based on the content of access. For example, the countermeasure control unit 23 detects a user's access to a "cheating commentary site" or a search for a keyword related to fraudulent activity such as "cheating". may be notified of the information of the user. This makes it possible to prevent troubles between the casino and the users, or to quickly resolve any troubles that have occurred.

[1-4] Operation Example Next, an operation example of the dependence degree determination device 3 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

As illustrated in FIG. 10, the control unit 20 of the dependence degree determination device 3 waits for the arrival of the determination timing, for example, the start timing of the predetermined cycle (step S1, No in step S1).

When the determination timing arrives (Yes in step S1), the calculation unit 21 of the control unit 20 transmits a transmission request for the access log 2a to the communication device 2 (step S2). When the access log 2a is transmitted from the communication device 2 in response to the transmission request, the calculation unit 21 receives the access log 2a (step S3) and stores it in the memory unit 10, for example.

Further, the calculation unit 21 calculates points for each user based on the access log 2a, the access destination list 11, and the keyword list 12 (step S4). Note that the calculation unit 21 may associate the calculated points with the users and register them in the tally table 13 .

Next, the dependency determination unit 22 determines the gambling dependency of each user based on the score calculated by the calculation unit 21 registered in the tally table 13 and the determination table 14 (step S5).

Further, the dependency determination unit 22 selects one determination result of the determined user (step S6), and based on the determination table 14, determines whether the selected determination result indicates addiction or potential addiction. Determine (step S7).

If it is determined that the selected determination result does not indicate addiction or potential addiction (No in step S7), the process proceeds to step S9.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the selected determination result indicates addiction or potential addiction (Yes in step S7), the dependency determination unit 22 registers the user and the determination result in the candidate list 15 (step S8), it is determined whether or not there is an unselected determination result (step S9).

If it is determined that there is an unselected determination result (Yes in step S9), the process proceeds to step S6. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no unselected determination result (No in step S9), the handling control unit 23 executes an action according to the determination table 14 for the users set in the candidate list 15. (Step S10), the process moves to step S1.

[2] Others The technique according to the embodiment described above can be modified and changed as follows.

For example, each functional block of the control unit 20 shown in FIG. 1 may be merged in any combination or divided.

Also, the functions of the control unit 20 may be realized by the processor 3a, which is a multiprocessor or a multicore processor. Furthermore, at least part of the functions of the control unit 20 of the dependency determination device 3 may be distributed or redundantly arranged in a plurality of computers, such as in a cloud environment.

In one embodiment, at least one function of providing an available area of the network 4, collecting the access log 2a, and storing the access log 2a in the communication device 2 is distributed to one or more devices connected to the network 4. You may let For example, multiple communication devices 2 may be installed in a casino. In this case, the dependence degree determination device 3 may acquire information of the access log 2a from a plurality of communication devices 2. FIG.

The casino may also be equipped with one or more wireless LAN repeaters or access points, or one or more hubs or switches for wired LANs, to provide coverage. good.

Furthermore, the dependency determination device 3 or another device connected to the network 6 may have at least one function of collecting and storing the access log 2 a in the communication device 2 .

In one embodiment, the memory unit 10 stores the tally table 13 and the candidate list 15, but is not limited to this, and at least one of the tally table 13 and the candidate list 15 is May not be used. For example, the control unit 20 adds at least one item of the score and the dependency determination result to existing information having an entry for each user, such as member information, and uses the existing information. may perform control according to an embodiment.

Further, in one embodiment, calculation of points and determination of the degree of dependence may be controlled based on the log collection period in the access log 2a. Note that the log collection period may be adjusted by, for example, limiting the reading range when the control unit 20 reads log entries from the received access log 2a for score calculation, based on the times of the log entries. good.

For example, of the two persons whose scores calculated by the calculation unit 21 are close to each other, the person who reached the score in a relatively long period of time, such as several hours to several days, and the person who reached the score in a relatively short period of time, such as ten minutes A difference may be given to the judgment result between the person who reached the score in about an hour.

As an example, the calculation unit 21 determines that accesses with a predetermined score or more are concentrated within a first time period, or scattered over a second time period (> the first time period). may add or subtract a predetermined offset point from the score of the user who made such access.

As a result, it is possible to give an appropriate score to a person who collects gambling-related information intensively in a short period of time, or to a person who carefully collects information about gambling-related information over a long period of time, based on the dependency determination policy. This allows flexible judgment according to the judgment policy.

Note that, when performing a determination considering the log collection period, for example, the calculation unit 21 registers in the total table 13 the time of each access that matches the access destination list 11 or the keyword list 12 in calculating the score. You may

In addition, in the score calculation by the calculation unit 21 and the determination by the dependence degree determination unit 22 according to one embodiment, the number of times the same user has been determined to be addiction, potential addiction, or observation required in the past is taken into consideration. may

For example, of the two persons determined to have the same degree of dependence (for example, observation required or higher), the person who was determined to have the degree of dependence for the first time, and the person who was determined to have the degree of dependence a plurality of times, Between, a difference may be given to the determination result.

As an example, when the dependence degree determination unit 22 determines the dependence degree of a person, the same measure may be taken for a person who has been determined to have the same dependence degree as the current dependence degree over a predetermined number of times. It may be determined that the degree of dependence is one rank higher, assuming that the possibility of reducing the degree of dependence is low. In this case, the dependence degree determination unit 22 changes (ranks up) the dependence degree determined for the person to a dependence degree one rank higher than the dependence degree, and the dependence degree after the change is You may register in the candidate list 15.

In addition, if a new dependence degree is not determined for a person determined to have a certain degree of dependence for a certain period of time or longer, the dependence degree determination unit 22 determines that the person's degree of dependence has decreased. You can judge. In this case, the dependence degree determination unit 22 may change (downgrade) the dependence degree of the person whose dependence degree has been determined to have decreased to, for example, one rank lower dependence degree with respect to the candidate list 15. good.

When the determination is made in consideration of the number of dependency determinations, the dependency determination unit 22, for example, determines the number of determinations for each dependency, or the dependency determined in the past, for each user in the candidate list 15. Items such as a list of degrees may be set.

[3] Supplementary Note The following Supplementary Note will be disclosed with respect to the above embodiment.

(Appendix 1)
A determination program for determining a gambling addiction of a specific person,
The terminal corresponding to the specific person accesses via the network of facilities where gambling can be performed, or based on the degree of relevance of gambling to the content acquired from the accessed site or the accessed site, the specific person determine the gambling addiction of
A judgment program characterized by causing a computer to execute processing.

(Appendix 2)
If the accessed site is a site that provides gambling support information, or if the content is a gambling support application, and if the content includes gambling support information, the degree of relevance is determined to be relatively high. The determination program according to Supplementary Note 1, characterized by:

(Appendix 3)
When the access destination site is a site that provides gambling support information, the gambling support information is at least one of information for improving gambling knowledge and skills, information on cheating, and information for fundraising. including
The determination program according to appendix 2, wherein, when the content is a gambling support application, the gambling support information includes information used in the operation of the gambling support application.

(Appendix 4)
The determination program according to appendix 2 or appendix 3, wherein the gambling support application is an application related to at least one of gambling skill improvement, cheating practice, and fundraising service provision.

(Appendix 5)
Acquired from the access destination site or the access destination site based on the first information held in advance in the holding unit and indicating the degree of relevance between the address of the site providing gambling support information and gambling identify the relevance of content to gambling,
Determining gambling addiction of the particular person based on the determined degree of relevance;
5. The determination program according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, characterized by causing the computer to execute the process.

(Appendix 6)
Obtained from the access destination site or the access destination site based on the second information held in advance in the holding unit and indicating the degree of relevance between a character string for searching gambling support information and gambling identify the relevance of gambling content to gambling,
Determining gambling addiction of the particular person based on the determined degree of relevance;
6. The determination program according to any one of appendices 1 to 5, characterized by causing the computer to execute the process.

(Appendix 7)
A determination method for determining the gambling addiction of a specific person,
the computer's processor
The terminal corresponding to the specific person accesses via the network of facilities where gambling can be performed, or based on the degree of relevance of gambling to the content acquired from the accessed site or the accessed site, the specific person determine the gambling addiction of
A determination method characterized by:

(Appendix 8)
The processor
If the accessed site is a site that provides gambling support information, or if the content is a gambling support application, and if the content includes gambling support information, the degree of relevance is determined to be relatively high. The determination method according to Supplementary Note 7, characterized in that

(Appendix 9)
When the access destination site is a site that provides gambling support information, the gambling support information is at least one of information for improving gambling knowledge and skills, information on cheating, and information for fundraising. including
The determination method according to appendix 8, wherein, when the content is a gambling support application, the gambling support information includes information used in the operation of the gambling support application.

(Appendix 10)
The determination method according to appendix 8 or appendix 9, wherein the gambling support application is an application related to at least one of improving gambling skills, practicing cheating, and providing fundraising services.

(Appendix 11)
The processor
Acquired from the access destination site or the access destination site based on the first information held in advance in the holding unit and indicating the degree of relevance between the address of the site providing gambling support information and gambling identify the relevance of content to gambling,
Determining gambling addiction of the particular person based on the determined degree of relevance;
The determination method according to any one of Appendices 7 to 10, characterized in that:

(Appendix 12)
The processor
Obtained from the access destination site or the access destination site based on the second information held in advance in the holding unit and indicating the degree of relevance between a character string for searching gambling support information and gambling identify the relevance of gambling content to gambling,
Determining gambling addiction of the particular person based on the determined degree of relevance;
The determination method according to any one of Appendices 7 to 11, characterized in that:

(Appendix 13)
A determination device for determining a gambling addiction of a specific person,
The terminal corresponding to the specific person accesses via the network of facilities where gambling can be performed, or based on the degree of relevance of gambling to the content acquired from the accessed site or the accessed site, the specific person A determination unit that determines the degree of gambling dependence of
A determination device characterized by having

(Appendix 14)
The determination unit is
If the accessed site is a site that provides gambling support information, or if the content is a gambling support application, and if the content includes gambling support information, the degree of relevance is determined to be relatively high. 14. The determination device according to Supplementary Note 13, characterized by:

(Appendix 15)
When the access destination site is a site that provides gambling support information, the gambling support information is at least one of information for improving gambling knowledge and skills, information on cheating, and information for fundraising. including
15. The determination device according to appendix 14, wherein when the content is a gambling support application, the gambling support information includes information used in the operation of the gambling support application.

(Appendix 16)
16. The determination device according to appendix 14 or 15, wherein the gambling support application is an application related to at least one of improving gambling skills, practicing cheating, and providing fundraising services.

(Appendix 17)
further comprising a holding unit for pre-holding first information indicating the degree of relevance between the address of the site providing gambling support information and gambling;
The determination unit is
Based on the first information held in the holding unit, specifying the degree of association between the access destination site or content acquired from the access destination site and gambling,
Determining gambling addiction of the particular person based on the determined degree of relevance;
The determination device according to any one of appendices 13 to 16, characterized in that:

(Appendix 18)
The holding part is
pre-holding second information indicating the degree of relevance between a character string for searching gambling support information and gambling;
The determination unit is
identifying the degree of relevance between the accessed site or content acquired from the accessed site and gambling based on the second information held in the holding unit;
Based on the degree of relevance identified based on the first information and the degree of relevance identified based on the second information, the degree of dependence on gambling of the specific person is determined.
The determination device according to appendix 17, characterized by:

(Appendix 19)
further comprising a holding unit for pre-holding second information indicating the degree of relevance between the character string for searching gambling support information and gambling,
The determination unit is
identifying the degree of relevance between the accessed site or content acquired from the accessed site and gambling based on the second information held in the holding unit;
Determining gambling addiction of the particular person based on the determined degree of relevance;
The determination device according to any one of appendices 13 to 16, characterized in that:

1 determination system 2 communication device 2a, 2a-1, 2a-2 access log 3 dependency determination device 4, 6 network 5 terminal 7 server 10 memory unit 11 access destination list 12 keyword list 13 summary table 14 determination table 15 candidate list 20 control unit 21 calculation unit 22 dependency determination unit 23 coping control unit

Claims (6)

A determination program for determining a gambling addiction of a specific person,
The terminal corresponding to the specific person accesses via the network of facilities where gambling can be performed, or based on the degree of relevance of gambling to the content acquired from the accessed site or the accessed site, the specific person determine the gambling addiction of
let the computer do the work ,
The process of determining the degree of dependence includes:
If the site to be accessed is a site that provides gambling support information including at least one of information for improving gambling knowledge and skills, information on cheating, and information for fundraising, or determining that the degree of relevance is relatively high when the content is a gambling support application and the content includes gambling support information including information used in the operation of the gambling support application; include,
A determination program characterized by: 2. The determination program according to claim 1 , wherein said gambling support application is an application relating to at least one of gambling skill improvement, cheating practice, and fundraising service provision. Acquired from the access destination site or the access destination site based on the first information held in advance in the holding unit and indicating the degree of relevance between the address of the site providing gambling support information and gambling identify the relevance of content to gambling,
Determining gambling addiction of the particular person based on the determined degree of relevance;
3. The determination program according to claim 1, causing the computer to execute the processing. Obtained from the access destination site or the access destination site based on the second information held in advance in the holding unit and indicating the degree of relevance between a character string for searching gambling support information and gambling identify the relevance of gambling content to gambling,
Determining gambling addiction of the particular person based on the determined degree of relevance;
4. The determination program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , causing the computer to execute processing. A determination method for determining the gambling addiction of a specific person,
the computer's processor
The terminal corresponding to the specific person accesses via the network of facilities where gambling can be performed, or based on the degree of relevance of gambling to the content acquired from the accessed site or the accessed site, the specific person determine the gambling addiction of
The process of determining the degree of dependence includes:
If the site to be accessed is a site that provides gambling support information including at least one of information for improving gambling knowledge and skills, information on cheating, and information for fundraising, or determining that the degree of relevance is relatively high when the content is a gambling support application and the content includes gambling support information including information used in the operation of the gambling support application; include,
A determination method characterized by: A determination device for determining a gambling addiction of a specific person,
The terminal corresponding to the specific person accesses via the network of facilities where gambling can be performed, or based on the degree of relevance of gambling to the content acquired from the accessed site or the accessed site, the specific person a determination unit that determines the degree of gambling dependence of
The determination unit is
If the site to be accessed is a site that provides gambling support information including at least one of information for improving gambling knowledge and skills, information on cheating, and information for fundraising, or When the content is a gambling support application and the content includes gambling support information including information used in the operation of the gambling support application, the degree of relevance is determined to be relatively high.
A determination device characterized by:

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