ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A state commission on Tuesday approved a slot machine license for Caesars Entertainment to build a casino in Baltimore, and the panel signed off on a scaled-back proposal for a casino in western Maryland where developers could not find financing for their initial plan.

The unanimous vote for the Baltimore casino grants the fifth and final casino license currently allowed under state law. It came more than three-and-a-half years after voters approved a constitutional amendment to allow slot machines in Maryland in a process that was slowed by a recession.