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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 ...

"He wanted his gift back, so we made an agreement after the game to trade gifts." Hickox scratched the ticket on Christmas, which is also her birthday, and initially thought she had won $50,000.

He wanted his gift back, so we made an agreement after the game to trade gifts." Hickox, who turned 25 on Chistmas Day, said she scratched the ticket off on her birthday, and at first, thought she ...

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 ...