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 ...

A Michigan woman won $500,000 from a lottery ticket she received in a white elephant gift exchange at her family’s Christmas party. Emily Hickox, 25, couldn’t believe her luck after she traded ...

Emily Hickox, who was also celebrating her 25th birthday the same day, said her dad initially won the Detroit Lions instant game ticket during the gift exchange and she had won the flashlight he ...

During a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas Day — which is also her birthday — Emily Hickox ended up with a flashlight, according to a Monday release from the Michigan Lottery.

Emily Hickox, 25, originally received the gift her father bought, a flashlight, while he had gotten a Michigan Lottery Detroit Lions instant game. That ticket was purchased at a Rockford Meijer.

“My cousin purchased the ticket for the white elephant gift exchange at our family Christmas party,” Emily Hickox told Michigan Lottery officials. “My dad actually won the ticket in the gift ...

Emily Hickox, who was also celebrating her 25th birthday the same day, said her dad initially won the Detroit Lions instant game ticket during the gift exchange and she had won the flashlight he ...