This.
Taxes, time limits and the such will make the actual fiqure in your bank account a lot less than it looks on the shiny ticket.
50% lottery tax plus possible income tax on top of that for the 25 years is going to end up around $2,750,000-$2,250,000 in his account in 25 years. If he dosn't touch it.
Which whittles down to around $1830 a week.
Although if he invested it wisely in as Term Deposit with compounding interest, found a savy accountant to transfer the accrued funds to a trust and didn't make stupid decisions such as purhcasing a bar and getting inexperienced college kids to run it he could end up with upwards of $3,000,000 in 25 years which would be a great base for further investing.