Forgotten lotto ticket nabs $110,000 for Arlington man

Published 12:25 pm Thursday, August 7, 2008

ARLINGTON – A second take at a Lottery ticket paid off for Alan Jenks.

Jenks, who had bought the ticket two weeks ago from a Safeway, promptly put the winning ticket in his pocket and forgot about it.

After Jenks heard that a winning ticket for the “Hit 5” lotto had been bought at the same Safeway, he opened his wallet and struck gold.

“I knew there had been a winner there, but I didn’t think anything of it,” Jenks said in a statement released by the Washington State Lottery.

Jenks, a general contractor, and his wife, Debbie, plan on paying off some bills.