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

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.

On the way to use a car wash gift certificate they were given as a Christmas present, something caught the eye of a Maryland husband and wife. The Parkville couple spotted a gas station where they once bought a winning lottery ticket that came with a favorable prize, Maryland Lottery officials said in a Jan. 14 news release.

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.

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. She told Michigan Lottery she wasn't even the initial recipient of the scratch-off ticket.

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

A 22-year-old man says that he won $25,000 from scratch-off lottery tickets during a recent white elephant exchange with his family — but he doesn't intend to share his winnings.

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