Playing the slots while on the job is frowned upon in most professions, but at Everi, it’s a requirement. The Las Vegas-based slot machine-maker has a development center in an office in the West Loop ...

Ellen DeGeneres wants me to win. And big! She cheers me on from inside her very own slot machine on the Sands convention floor. The more she cheers, the more I want to keep playing. We’re united in ...