The Euromillions lottery was in the beginning set-up by the national lotteries of France, Spain and the United Kingdom and was revealed on February 04. The initial lottery draw was on February 13th-04 in Paris. The UK, France and Spain were the only nations partaking in the beginning but lotteries from Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal likewise got active on October-04.
The Euro millions lottery or the Euro Lottery, as it’s commonly better-known, gathers the ticket revenues of the nine partaking European countries presenting a tremendous European Lottery “jackpot”. With the number of countries joining the Euro on the increase, this will without question will lead to more countries partaking in the Euro lotto. A growth in the number of individuals partaking in the European Lottery will result in a continued growth of the already enormous European Lottery “jackpots”.
Q. How Would You Play The euromillions Lotto
Each and every player has to choose 5 main numbers from one to fifty and 2 Lucky Star numbers from 1 to 9. During the lottery draw, five primary plus 2 lucky star numbers are then selected at random from 2 lotto draw machines containing numbered balls.
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The prospects of scooping up the Euromillions jack-pot is a remote one : seventy six million but the likelihood of acquiring a cash prize is a somewhat decent one in twenty four. When the jack-pot is not won on a given lottery draw, it is carried over to the next week which results in an ever increasing “jackpot” prize. Recent rules brought in on the 9/02/2007 specify the amount of successive roll overs to 11, with the “jackpot” rolling down to lower value levels succeeding the eleventh draw if the prize is not won.
The recent regulations also initiated Euro Lottery Super Draw which come about twice annually and offer “jackpots” in the region of 100 million pounds. The difference with “Super Draws” is that the “jackpot” has to be collected during the week of the draw; as a result, if there is no lotto ticket matching, all the drawn numbers then the top prize will be allotted to the ticket holder(s) in the succeeding winning prize tier.
Touring the country with my sales seminars and customer service training programs, I came across a gentleman from Kentucky who spoke unusually slowly.
He was my program sponsor, so I was particularly interested in cultivating his good will, yet I found the temptation to try to speed him up nearly irresistible.
I would almost automatically machine gun back “uh-huh” and “right” and “okay” and other words of feedback to encourage him to pick up the pace.
When I did this, he slowed down, even more!
Finally, I gave up, or rather gave in, to his pattern.
I forced myself to relax, to allow him to mosey along at whatever pace was comfortable for him.
And from that moment on, we got along like the best of pals.
Too often, as salespeople, we’re rushing for no good reason. Instead of calibrating our tempo to our prospects, we push them without knowing it, merely through our speed of vocal delivery.
And, as you know, most prospects are wary of “fast-talkers,” concerned that we’re trying to slip something by them.
So, inadvertently, we create barriers to communication, needless hurdles, because unconsciously we’ve allocated only so much time to speak to every prospect.
By slowing down, we can avoid this problem, while creating the kind of atmosphere in which customers can relax, and many of them welcome the opportunity, and reward us for doing so with their business.
So, slow down.
And your order taking will probably speed up!
Dr. Gary S. Goodman, President of http://www.Customersatisfaction.com, is a popular keynote speaker, management consultant, and seminar leader and the best-selling author of 12 books, including Reach Out & Sell Someone and Monitoring, Measuring & Managing Customer Service, and the audio program, “The Law of Large Numbers: How To Make Success Inevitable,” published by Nightingale-Conant. He is a frequent guest on radio and television, worldwide. A Ph.D. from USC’s Annenberg School, a Loyola lawyer, and an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School at Claremont Graduate University, Gary offers programs through UCLA Extension and numerous universities, trade associations, and other organizations from Santa Monica to South Africa. He holds the rank of Shodan, 1st Degree Black Belt in Kenpo Karate. He is headquartered in Glendale, California, and he can be reached at (818) 243-7338 or at: gary@customersatisfaction.com
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