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$10.4M Megabucks hits at South Point

South Point on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @ellenschmidttt

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By Tony Garcia / Las Vegas Review-Journal

April 26, 2021 - 12:47 pm

Updated April 26, 2021 - 7:52 pm

Monday, Monday. Someone loves that day.

A Megabucks player from New Mexico won $10,453,269.30 Monday morning at South Point, according to the casino’s Twitter account.

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