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CEO Arrest Reprehensible

The French government has consistently defied European Union free trade agreements over the past several months in regards to online casino gambling policies. France is a member of the EU, yet has state-run gambling monopolies and restrictions in place to prohibit other gambling companies from providing services to French citizens. Because of the restrictions against out-of-state online casino gambling and betting companies the French government issued a warrant for the arrest of Petter Nylander, the CEO of Unibet. Nylander has now agreed to being extradited to France to face charges for violating French protectionist laws.

The European Commission, along with other EU countries are actively involved in this case now because of the fact that France is so adamantly defying EU laws and going against the requests of the European Commission. In recent months the French government has participated in discussions with the Commission to end the ban on internet gambling companies based out of other EU member states operating for French citizens. The European Union is increasingly taking a more liberal attitude toward online casino gambling and betting, and the Commission is encouraging France to similarly adopt more liberal and inclusive internet gambling policies.

And as for Nylander, he is unfortunately caught in the middle of the ongoing discussions with France. Because France has yet to alter the 19th Century policies that protect the two French online casinos gambling monopolies, Nylander was extradited last month and reported through his lawyers that he would not fight the charges or the extradition – but at the same time he does not agree that there is any real foundation for a legal case against him.

When commenting on the online casinos related debacle, Nylander noted to a Dutch newspaper that Unibet is “doing nothing illegal because [the company has] a license for Britain, and according to the European rules, if you have a license for one member state, you are authorized to use it in the others.”