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LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - One Texas woman is more than a half-million dollars richer after hitting a jackpot on a Las Vegas airport slot machine. According to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Brittany from Texas won just over $653000 on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine at Harry Reid International Airport. The post was published just before noon on…

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