“We made an agreement after the game to trade gifts,” winner Emily Hickox said
An Indiana woman 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.
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 news release from the Michigan Lottery .
“My cousin purchased the ticket for the white elephant gift exchange at our family Christmas party,” Hickox told lottery officials. “My dad actually won the ticket in the gift exchange, and I won the gift he brought, a flashlight.”…