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A winner has claimed the largest prize payout in Texas Lottery history.

The winning ticket, sold in Fredericksburg, was one of two winners of the Sept. 6 Powerball drawing worth $1.8 billion.

The winner will get a cash value of $410 million for their share of the prize.

AUSTIN, Texas - A winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Fredericksburg has been claimed by a lottery trust.

The winning ticket sold for the Sept. 6 drawing was claimed by Seven Bridges Revocable Trust. A second winning ticket was sold in Missouri. The winners will split the $1.8 billion jackpot.

A representative for the trust said the player usually picks random numbers, but this time they chose numbers that were meaningful to them. However, they realized that one of the numbers was different from what

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