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 ...

Indiana woman Emily Hickox recently participated in a white elephant gift exchange — but she had no idea it would lead to her ...

Emily Hickox, an Indiana woman, unexpectedly won a $500,000 lottery jackpot after her father traded her winning ticket for a ...

Indiana resident Emily Hickox, 25, ended up with a winning Michigan Lottery ticket worth $500,000 after doing a white ...

Emily Hickox, 25, couldn’t believe her luck after she traded gifts with her dad – a flashlight – for the winning ticket ...

An Indiana woman won a $500,000 lottery by playing a Michigan instant game ticket over the holidays. Emily Hickox was gifted ...

"We made an agreement after the game to trade gifts," winner Emily Hickox said Danielle Jennings is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Human Interest and Sports. She joins PEOPLE ...

Emily Hickox, 25, found out on Christmas Day, which is also her birthday, that she won $500,000 by playing the Michigan Lottery’s Detroit Lions instant game during a holiday gift swap, according to a ...

Emily Hickox, 25, couldn’t believe her luck after she traded gifts with her dad – swapping a flashlight for the lotto numbers – and realized the ticket she had won was worth half-a-million ...