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Keno player hits jackpots on consecutive days, takes home $250K

Aquarius hotel-casino. (Golden Entertainment)

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A Keno player at a Laughlin casino struck it rich on consecutive days this week, taking home more than $250,000.

The player, from Lake Havasu City, Arizona, hit for $112,000 on a $16 bet playing $1 video keno on Monday at the Aquarius hotel-casino, according to a news release.

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