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

The 56-year-old Kalamazoo County man, who has chosen to stay anonymous, bought the winning ticket for $1 at a Portage gas station in December, lottery officials said in a Jan. 16 news release. He selected the numbers 03-07-10-27-29 on a Fantasy 5 ticket.

Indiana woman Emily Hickox recently participated in a white elephant gift exchange — but she had no idea it would lead to her winning a prize worth half a million dollars.

An Indiana woman won a $500,000 lottery by playing a Michigan instant game ticket over the holidays. Emily Hickox was gifted the lottery ticket through a white elephant gift exchange she participated in with her family.

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

An Indiana woman won $500,000 after trading a flashlight for a lottery ticket during her family's white elephant gift exchange.

"My cousin purchased the ticket for the white elephant gift exchange at our family Christmas party," Hickox said. "My dad actually won the ticket in the gift exchange, and I won t