Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you're given the title of a five-sentence story and the first four sentences. Your job is to write the last sentence of the story such that it seamlessly connects with the rest of the story.

Title: The Lottery. Sentence 1: Jake finished pumping gas and went into the store to pay. Sentence 2: While he was paying he decided to get a lottery ticket. Sentence 3: He went home that night and forgot all about the lottery ticket. Sentence 4: He left it in his pants pocket when he did the laundry.
The lottery was hit but never claimed.