This article has been updated.
Earlier this week it was reported that the state of Alabama had become the 12th state in the US to decide that daily fantasy sports were considered illegal gambling. Now, it has been revealed that the state of Tennessee has decided to declare the same, calling DFS an illegal gambling activity.
Yesterday, Herbert Slatery, the Attorney General of Tennessee, issued an opinion from his office that stated that DFS is illegal gambling under state law. The opinion of Slatery came just one day after Alabama AG Luther Strange made the same announcement.
In the opinion by Slatery, he states that gambling is broadly defined based on the law of Tennessee and that gambling encompasses any activity in which players are risking anyt…