Mississippi’s attorney general has become the latest to declare daily fantasy sports to be illegal under state law.
On Friday, Mississippi AG Jim Hood (pictured) released an opinion in response to a request by Allen Godfrey, executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, who sought clarity on the legality of DFS.
In the opinion, first spotted by gaming attorney Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) Hood states plainly that “fantasy sports wagering is illegal in the state of Mississippi under current law both on a licensed gaming floor and outside of a licensed gaming floor.”
Hood notes that Mississippi law prohibits wagering on “the outcome of any athletic event, nor on any matter to be determined during an athletic event, nor on the outcome of any event, which does not take place on the premises.”