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. She told Michigan Lottery she wasn't even the initial recipient of the scratch-off ticket.

The Michigan Lottery says 25-year-old Emily Hickox won $500,000 from a Detroit Lions instant game ticket. LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - A woman from Indiana received a $500,000 winning lottery ticket in a " White Elephant " gift exchange.

LANSING, MI -- A keen eye and a weekly routine helped a Genesee County woman land a $500,000 jackpot playing the Michigan Lottery’s Cash Flurries instant game recently.

The 25-year-old woman found out she won the jackpot playing the Detroit Lions instant game on Christmas, which was also her birthday.

A father’s loss was a daughter’s gain — a big one — following a white elephant gift exchange in Michigan. While the Indiana woman won a jackpot prize that left her “speechless,” the father came away with a household tool that is a little bit less life changing.

A woman who ended up with a Michigan Lottery scratch-off ticket in her family's white elephant gift exchange scored a $500,000 prize.

A woman in Indiana won the top prize of $500,000 on a scratch-off ticket from the Michigan lottery she ended up with during a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas.