Gaming regulators in Michigan believe daily fantasy sports operators are breaking state law.

On Tuesday, GamblingCompliance scribe Chris Krafcik quoted Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) executive director Rick Kalm saying it was his opinion that real-money fantasy sports was “illegal under current Michigan law.”

Fantasy sports – the season-long kind, not DFS, which didn’t exist at the time – received a carveout under the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), leaving it up to individual states to determine whether or not to permit real-money fantasy play.

At present, just five states – Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana and Washington – have made it unquestionably clear that they don’t want DFS companies serving their residents, and leading DFS operators like DraftKings and FanDuel have blocked customers in these markets rather than tempt fate.