Joining several other states across the country, Alabama’s attorney general has declared that daily fantasy sports (DFS) are considered illegal gambling and ordered the top operators in the industry to cease and desist.

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange announced on Tuesday that after his office concluded that DFS contests “are in fact illegal gambling under Alabama law,” he’d sent both DraftKings and FanDuel cease-and-desist letters ordering them to end their real money operations in the state starting May 1. Illegal gambling is defined by Alabama as any contest where s…