One Christmas gift exchange inadvertently went way over the price limit.
Indiana resident Emily Hickox, 25, ended up with a Michigan Lottery ticket in a white elephant gift exchange , in which people bring a wrapped gift to a shared pool and get to pick a gift or “steal” someone else’s. Hickox ended up with presumably the best gift as her ticket turned out to be worth $500,000.
Hickox’s cousin bought the lottery ticket for the Detroit Lions instant game in Rockford, Michigan. The cousin later wrapped the ticket and brought it to the gift exchange for a lucky family member to choose, according to a Michigan Lottery news release .
Her father actually was the one who ended up with the ticket while Hickox got a flashlight, the gift her dad brought to the exchange. Both unaware of that it was a winning ticket, the two agreed to trade gifts…