ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — When a 25-year-old lady agreed to commerce presents along with her dad throughout a Christmas white elephant recreation, she ended up successful $500,000.
Throughout a white elephant reward alternate on Christmas Day — which can be her birthday — Emily Hickox ended up with a flashlight, in line with a Monday launch from the Michigan Lottery. The flashlight was the reward her dad introduced for the alternate. Her dad, in the meantime, received a Detroit Lions scratch-off ticket her cousin purchased from a Meijer in Rockford.
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“(My dad) wanted his gift back, so we made an agreement after the game to trade gifts,” she stated within the launch.
When the 25-year-old from Indiana scratched off the ticket, she says she thought she received $50,000. However after checking it with the Michigan Lottery app, she realized it was value much more.
“I was expecting to see $50,000, so when I saw the extra zero, I was speechless,” she stated. “I couldn’t comprehend that I’d just won $500,000!”
Hickox is sharing a number of the winnings along with her mother and father and the cousin who purchased the ticket. She additionally plans on shopping for a brand new automotive and investing, she instructed the Michigan Lottery.
The chances of successful the lottery are slim. For instance, there’s a 1 in 302.6 million likelihood of successful the Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot and a 1 in 292.2 million likelihood of successful the Powerball.
In the event you or somebody you understand has a playing downside, name the 24/7 Nationwide Drawback Playing Helpline at 1.800.GAMBLER or textual content 800GAM. For extra data, go to michiganlottery.com.
