Murray said he has enjoyed pizza at “The Pic,” as its regulars call it, since his teens.

As for Murray, he’ll be buying new tires for his truck and paying bills. Murray said Rossi is looking to do something similar and to use a portion of his earnings to take his son to LegoLand, an amusement park in Florida. “If we can’t raise enough money for the whole team, at least I can say I’ll pay for my daughter,” said Degaetano.

Students and parents have been trying to fundraise for the trip. Degaetano said she plans on using her winnings to send her daughter to Tennessee, as she plays chess for Greenwood Elementary School. All of us can use the money.”Īfter taxes, each of them received $5,100. “The numbers came up on the screen and we were like, ‘Is this happening?’ We were jumping around the whole place. The 10 multiplier popped, which increased their prize to $45,000. They doubled their wager to include the Keno Plus option.Īs the numbers appeared, the bet literally paid off. They purchased the bet slip for $1 and each of them selected a number.īut when they looked at the ticket and noticed the payout for seven numbers would increase their winnings, they decided to up the odds. They went to Picasso’s to grab a few drinks and pizza when they decided to play Keno. Murray, a Warwick resident and special education teacher at Winman Junior High School, was with three of his fellow special education teachers from Winman, Christina Degaetano, Greggory Rossi and Kendra Gorman, as well as Gorman’s husband Kevin and her sister, Elizabeth McLeod, when they cashed in. Everyone was yelling and cheering for us.” “We bought the whole bar a round of drinks,” said Nick Murray, who along with five of his friends won $45,000 playing Keno Plus on Friday night at Picasso’s Pizza and Pub at 2323 Warwick Avenue.

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