{"id":863707,"date":"2026-06-13T04:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/863707\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T04:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T04:01:24","slug":"suburban-chicago-bar-hit-by-gaming-machine-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/863707\/","title":{"rendered":"Suburban Chicago bar hit by gaming machine thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/04q4ev63vlgoishg.jpg\" alt=\"Suburban Chicago bar hit by gaming machine thieves\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/04q4ev63vlgoishg.jpg\" alt=\"Suburban Chicago bar hit by gaming machine thieves\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-48f3b93e=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>SUMMIT<\/strong> &#8211; A family-owned bar in Summit is warning other business owners to stay alert after thieves targeted its gaming machines during an early morning break-in Thursday.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Mars Bar Lounge, located on South Harlem Avenue, said in a social media post that it once again fell victim to criminals targeting video gaming machines.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Owners said the theft caused both property damage and financial losses, adding that similar crimes have become an ongoing problem for small businesses throughout the Chicagoland area.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The business shared details of the incident in hopes of raising awareness and encouraging other business owners to take precautions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Owners said break-ins involving gaming machines often leave businesses facing costly repairs, lost revenue and disruptions to daily operations.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Despite the setback, Mars Bar Lounge said it plans to remain open through the weekend and is asking customers to stop by and show their support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this article was reported by FOX Chicago&#8217;s Leslie Moreno.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/summit\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Summit<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUMMIT &#8211; A family-owned bar in Summit is warning other business owners to stay alert after thieves targeted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":863708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,5386,1818,50,58509,68],"class_list":["post-863707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-news","tag-summit","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116740810742706234","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}