Indiana woman wins $500K on Michigan Lotto scratch-off after trading white elephant gift with dad

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    A 25-year-old Indiana woman won $500,000 from the Michigan Lottery Detroit Lions instant game.
    
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    She received the ticket during a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas.
    

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  A 25-year-old Indiana woman won $500,000 from the Michigan Lottery Detroit Lions instant game.
  
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  She received the ticket during a white elephant gift exchange on Christmas.
  

(FOX 2):An Indiana woman won a sizable sum of money on Christmas after exchanging white elephant gifts with her father.

While her father had acquired a flashlight as a gift, Emily Hickox, 25, first received the flashlight. At a Rockford Meijer, that ticket was bought.

“He wanted his gift back, so we made an agreement after the game to trade gifts,” she explained. “I believed I had won $50,000 when I scratched the ticket off on Christmas, which is also my birthday. In order to examine the ticket on the app scanner, I downloaded the Michigan Lottery app and made an account. I was stunned to see the extra zero because I was expected to read $50,000! The fact that I had just won $500,000 was beyond my comprehension.

Hickox intends to invest, get a new vehicle, and divide some of the proceeds with her parents and the cousin who purchased the ticket.

Based on the figures:

The Michigan Lottery reports that since the Detroit Lions quick game’s September launch, players have won over $21 million.

Prizes from $5 to $500,000 are up for grabs with each $5 ticket.

Playing scratch-offs, lottery participants earned around $1.8 billion in 2023.

The Source: A news release from the Michigan Lottery provided the information for this article.