Indiana resident Emily Hickox, 25, ended up with a winning Michigan Lottery ticket worth $500,000 after doing a white elephant gift exchange with her family.

Woman wins $500,000 from the lottery ticket she got randomly in a family Christmas gift exchange - Emily Hickox, 25, couldn’t believe her luck after she traded gifts with her dad – a flashlight – for ...

Emily Hickox said she was "speechless" when she learned how much she won. An Indiana woman won a $500,000 lottery by playing a Michigan instant game ticket over the holidays. Emily Hickox was ...

"We made an agreement after the game to trade gifts," winner Emily Hickox said An Indiana woman recently participated in a white elephant gift exchange — but she had no idea it would lead to her ...

“My cousin purchased the ticket for the white elephant gift exchange at our family Christmas party,” said 25,-year-old Emily Hickox. “My dad actually won the ticket in the gift exchange, and I won the ...

Emily Hickox originally received a flashlight as part of the gift exchange but traded it in for a Detroit Lions instant ticket her dad received. "My cousin purchased the ticket for the white ...

A father’s loss was a daughter’s gain — a big one — following a white elephant gift exchange in Michigan. While the Indiana ...

One Christmas gift exchange inadvertently went way over the price limit. Indiana resident Emily Hickox, 25, ended up with a Michigan Lottery ticket in a white elephant gift exchange, in which ...

"We made an agreement after the game to trade gifts," winner Emily Hickox said Danielle Jennings is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Human Interest and Sports. She joins PEOPLE ...

Emily Hickox, 25, couldn’t believe her luck after she traded gifts with her dad – swapping a flashlight for the lotto numbers – and realized the ticket she had won was worth half-a-million ...

An Indiana woman is $500,000 richer after winning money on a lottery ticket she received during a white elephant gift ...

Indiana woman Emily Hickox, 25, told Michigan Lottery officials she ended up with the Detroit Lions ticket after her family's gift exchange on Christmas, which is also her birthday. Advertisement ...