安纳波利斯--一个国家委员会，在星期二那天批准了某娱乐城一个老虎机许可证，允许他们在巴尔的摩建立赌场，和小组签署了一个建议的赌场在马里兰州西部，开发商找不到融资的初步计划。

　　巴尔的摩赌场全票授予的第五次，也是最后的赌场牌照，目前根据国家法律允许。它是三年半后，选民通过一项宪法修正案，老虎机在马里兰州得到法律允许的一个过程，这是缓慢的经济衰退。

　　委员会的投票也作了一个多星期前国会议员计划召开特别会议，决定是否扩大赌博让桌上游戏，像21点，扑克在州的赌场，以及在国家首都附近的乔治王子县的一个新的网站。

　　在巴尔的摩，恺撒可以有3750个老虎机，园卡姆登码和并购银行体育场附近的两级赌场，就是巴尔的摩乌鸦队的比赛的地方。

　　巴尔的摩市长斯蒂芬妮·罗林斯布雷克描述了委员会的决定，对于这城市来说，这是重要和积极的一步。市长还支持未来扩张赌博，这个问题选民会在十一月作出核准。

　　“立法正在审议的特别会议将有助于使巴尔的摩设施更具竞争性，加上数百名额外的工作，增加教育经费，并帮助减少财产税，”市长在陈述中说道。

　　巴尔的摩赌场，这将是国家5个允许赌场中第二大的，将涉及投资226000000美元建立一个设施约262000平方英尺和邻近的停车库。这预定在2014第二季度开放。

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　　ANNAPOLIS -- 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.

　　The commission's vote also was made a little more than a week before lawmakers are scheduled to convene a special session to decide whether to expand gambling to allow table games like blackjack and poker at the state's casinos, as well as a new site in Prince George's County near the nation's capital.

　　In Baltimore, Caesars can have 3,750 slot machines at a two-level casino near Oriole Park at Camden Yards and M&T Bank Stadium, where the Baltimore Ravens play.

　　Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake described the commission's decision as an important and positive step forward for the city. The mayor also supports future gambling expansion, which voters would have to approve in November.

　　"Legislation under consideration for the special session will help make Baltimore's facility even more competitive, add hundreds of additional jobs, increase education funding, and help reduce property taxes," the mayor said in a statement.

　　The Baltimore casino, which would be the state's second-largest of the five currently allowed, would involve a $226 million investment to build a facility with about 262,000 square feet and adjacent parking garage. It is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2014.