“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 gift he brought, a flashlight. He wanted his gift back, so we made an agreement after the game to trade gifts.

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.

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.

A white elephant gift swap with her dad led to an Indiana woman winning a big chunk of cash from the Michigan Lottery on Christmas.

INDIANAPOLIS (WKRC) - A 25-year-old Indiana woman received an unexpected ... Emily Hickox said her cousin purchased the ticket for a white elephant gift exchange at their family Christmas party ...

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.

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.

A father’s loss was a daughter’s gain — a big one — following a white elephant gift exchange in Michigan. While the Indiana woman won a jackpot prize that left her “speechless,” the father came away with a household tool that is a little bit less life changing.

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

She told lottery officials she plans to buy a new car and invest the money as well as share some of it with her cousin who bought it and her parents. An Indiana woman is $500,000 richer after ...

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Emily Hickox, of Indianapolis, scratched off the winning lottery ticket after making a deal with her father.