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.

“It’s a miracle! An early Christmas miracle!” the winner from Wayne County said about the Dec. 4 drawing. He matched the winning numbers 02-10-13-24-29-46 on his $1 Lotto 47 ticket purchased at a drugstore in Westland, lottery officials said.

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