Bulletin Officiel du Ministere du Interieur- France 1909 “Aucun des jeux autorisés ne peut etre pratiqué qu´argent comptant. L´usage des jetons n´est toleré sous aucun pretexte”
Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Interior - France 1909 “The authorized games can be played only with cash. The use of jetons is not tolerated under any pretext “

At the beginning of the century in France settled the idea that if money were used in the gambling instead of jetons there would be a retraction of the players and the gambling would diminish by itself….