Abstract: A tactile scratch media apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a scratch media having a tactile data pattern to provide information to a user and a scratch region on the scratch media having a plurality of layers that conceal the tactile data pattern. The tactile data pattern may include a raised tactile data and/or an indented tactile data. The raised tactile data and the indented tactile data may be a braille character, an alphanumerical character and/or a tangible data. The surface edge of the raised tactile data and/or the indented tactile data of the tactile data pattern may be curved. The tactile data pattern may be arranged according to an overlapping pattern arrangement and/or a non-overlapping pattern arrangement. The arrangement of the overlapping pattern arrangement and the non-overlapping pattern arrangement may be based on a combination of a print data and the raised tactile data and/or the indented tactile data.

Abstract: Retail channel appeasement method system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a relationship data based on a profile meta-data analysis of a plurality of retailers, comparing a context data generated by a positioning module with the relationship data to determine a priority retailer of the plurality of retailers, and/or automatically providing an appeasement consideration to the priority retailer when a transaction is processed of a gaming module. The method may also include determining a quantification of the appeasement consideration based on an agreement data formed of a relationship between the priority retailer, the distribution module and a gaming provider, and/or allocating a portion of a disbursement associated with the transaction processed of the gaming module to the priority retailer.