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A licence has not been issued to Tavake Tamafua, which along with American investors, is looking to build a shopping mall, luxury villas and an airport resort including gaming facilities.
It is currently illegal to gamble in Tonga. But Radio Tonga reports one of the directors of Tavake Tamafua said they were on the verge of fulfilling requirements to move on to the next step.
The company said government minister Tevita Lavemaau wrote to them saying that government supports the initiative to establish a casino and will grant an exclusive right under conditions to build in Tonga within the next two years.
Tavake Tamafua’s Havea Gatti said the conditions included investing over 450 million US dollars in infrastructure. Gatti said 80 pe rcent of labour involved in the project must also be sourced from Tonga. He conceded regulations still needed to be changed before a license was granted.