Petter Nylander, CEO of online gaming giant Unibet, has been detained by Dutch authorities after checking in to a flight to travel back to his home in the UK.
In 2006, French lottery monopoly Française des Jeux and horse betting monopoly PMU alleged that Unibet had breached French national laws protecting those state-owned monopolies.
Facing prosecution under the allegations, Nylander has now been transferred from the detention centre at Schiphol airport to a hotel in Amsterdam, where he currently awaits transportation to the French authorities in Paris.
“Unibet is outraged by France’s total disregard of European Community law aiming to protect a domestic commercial gambling monopoly, which is being challenged by the European Commission,” the group said.
