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.

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.

A 25-year-old Indiana woman is $500,000 richer after winning big on a Michigan Lottery scratch-off ticket she received as a white elephant gift on Christmas.

"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.

An Indiana woman won $500,000 after trading a flashlight for a lottery ticket during her family's white elephant gift exchange.

"My cousin purchased the ticket for the white elephant gift exchange at our family Christmas party," Hickox said. "My dad actually won the ticket in the gift exchange, and I won t