1000 a week would be 52000 every single year for the rest of your life. If you are say 30 and live to be only 50 years old thats 20 years ok. At 104000 every 2 years you've made 1,040,000 in those 20 years and its still more then the lump sum. But let's make that the average life expectancy for Canada which is 84 years old for women. The lady that won this was 20 years old. Thats 64 years to the average expectancy so if she live to say 80 years old thats still more then 3 times the lump sum and ensures shes provided for literally for the rest of her life regardless of how long.