Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt released an opinion that states fantasy sports leagues are not considered illegal lotteries under Kansas Law, because they are games of skill.

Schmidt issued the legal opinion on Friday at the request of a Kansas House member who opposes gambling. In defining fantasy sports, the proposal says they’re [fantasy sports] contests determined by the skill of the participants. Schmidt said one key element of a lottery is that chance determines the outcome.

The opinion opposed the previously published position of the Kansas Gaming and Racing Commission (KRGC).

For several years, the KRCG had interpreted the state’s gaming law and indicated on its website that “chance predominates over skill in fantasy sports leagues” and that “if a fantasy sports league has a buy-in (no matter what it is called) for its managers and gives a prize, then all three elements of an illegal lottery are satisfied.”