Sports gambling in Maine is a big step closer to getting underway, but Maine broadcasters and tribal leaders say some of the proposed rules go too far.

On Tuesday, the Maine Gambling Control Unit held its final public hearing on the rules that will govern sports wagering in Maine. It paves the way for the first bets to be placed perhaps as early as this summer.

Only a few proposed sports gambling rules were questioned before the gambling control unit. One would require license applicants to submit recent state and federal tax returns.

“Sovereign nations, native nations, do not pay state and federal taxes like other entities to be licensed under these rules,” Passamaquoddy Chief William Nicholas said.