Row Level Security using BO SDK - Dynamic Group and Criteria (where clauses)

To the Universe Gurus out there:
I have a rather daunting task of implementing a Row Level Security on a number of tables within our project using BO XI R2 SP2 with SQLServer 2005. Given the nature of the requirements around this (listed below), I am going to go with BO SDK to accomplish the creation of Restrictions. That said, I need some insight into some of the problem areas I have listed below. Any help is much appreciated.
Background:
We have 11 tables that are to be restricted.
Each table is accessible to potentially 1..* group of users only.
For eg SALES is accessible to ALL_SALES members only.
Each row within each table is accessible to 1..* groups of users only. The restriction will occur on 2 columns Jurisdiction and LineID on SALES table.
For eg
1)Rows with NY Jurisdiction and LineID=123 are accessible to NY_SALES_ADMIN group only initially.
2)NY_ADMIN will then approve that the above rows be open to NY_SALES_INTERNAL group only. This approval in turn will call upon the BO SDK to add a new restriction for the group with appropriate where clause.
3)At a later point, the above rows will be opened to NY_SALES_EXTERNAL group also.
This same concept holds good a number of jurisdiction (more or less static) and a dynamic number of LineIDs. So, if 10000 rows of data corresponding to new LineID 999 and Jurisdiction AK are in the table now, they are initially accessible only to AK_SALES_ADMIN group only. No one else should be able to access it.
Results:
1) With the way I laid out the business rules above, I am ending up with 528 groups.
2) There is a restriction created for a unique combination of Jurisdiction and LineID for each table.
Problems/Questions:
How can I restrict access to the new rows to one group only. I know that I can let a certain group only look at certain data but how can I restrict that all others cannot look at the same.
AK_SALES_ADMIN can look at LineID=999 and Jurisdiction='AK'.
Do I use an Everyone group based restriction? If so, my Everyone group will end up with tons of restrictions. How will they be resolved in terms of priority.
Am I even thinking of this the right way or is there a more noble way to do this?
Regards

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