Abstract: A system and method for controlling business processes through information technology operational controls are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a business process; monitoring a load at each of multiple layers of the system; sending, to an end-to-end throttle controller, for each layer of the multiple layers, layer load data corresponding to the load at the layer, wherein each layer load data contains data related to a single layer; determining whether any adjustments should be made to throttling policies corresponding to the multiple layers based on the multiple layer load data; sending any adjustments that should be made to throttle agents of one or more layers; updating the throttling policies of one or more layers based on the adjustments; and, continuing executing the business process based on the updated throttling policies.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling business processes through information technology operational controls are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a business process; monitoring a load at each of multiple layers of the system; sending, to an end-to-end throttle controller, for each layer of the multiple layers, layer load data corresponding to the load at the layer, wherein each layer load data contains data related to a single layer; determining whether any adjustments should be made to throttling policies corresponding to the multiple layers based on the multiple layer load data; sending any adjustments that should be made to throttle agents of one or more layers; updating the throttling policies of one or more layers based on the adjustments; and, continuing executing the business process based on the updated throttling policies.

Abstract: A lottery ticket has game data printed on a substrate in a game data area either directly onto the substrate or onto a covering layer where the game data area is firstly covered by a scratch-off layer which contains a white pigment following which the scratch-off layer is covered by a plurality of layers of ink each of which contains pigment defining different colors for the different layers and which are different from the white pigment of the scratch-off layer so as to form a four color pattern. The scratch-off layer and the inks are sufficiently transparent to view the game data therethrough so that the removal of the scratch-off layer and the inks acts to mark the game data by showing it in a different color from the original view through the layers.

Abstract: A lottery ticket has a covering scratch-off coating applied over at least part of a game area, including game data applied over an ink layer including a lily pad. A detectable taggant additive material is admixed in an ink of the ink layer having the characteristic of being detectable by a detection scanner when applied over the substrate where the covering scratch-off coating masks the ability of the detection scanner to detect the detectable taggant additive material through the covering scratch-off coating. The scanning of the game area is used to detect areas where the scratch is removed in order to confirm that the game has been played or to detect patterns of removal in a probability type game.