Well, the state of online poker in the US in under attack again as the Governor of Kentucky, Steve Beshear, was granted permission by the court to take control of 141 online poker domain names.

The move by Beshear is to hopefully stop these domains from being accessible to residents of Kentucky as they are removing millions of dollars in revenue for the state.

The domain names will be transferred to the control of the state of Kentucky until a hearing is held to determine if forfeiture of the domains will be required. Judge Thomas Wingate has ordered a forfeiture hearing in the matter for Thursday.

Some of the sites in jeopardy are the 4 biggest names in the industry that are still offering their services to US residents. Those sites are PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Bodog Poker, and Doyle's Room.

"Unlike casinos that operate on land or on riverboats in the United States, these operations pay no tax revenues, provide no jobs and yield no tourism benefits," Beshear said at a Monday afternoon Capitol press conference, according to the Associated Press. "They are leeches on our communities."

Although the future of online gambling is unknown at this point, there are certainly several people fighting to keep it illegal and completely non-accessible from the USA.