Brasilien being I assume French. Many French immigrated to Brazil and may have established some sort of private club where gambling went on.

See this wikipedia article and good luck hunting down that nice chip:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Brazilians#:~:text=French%20Brazilians%20%28French%3A%20Franco-Br%C3%A9silien%3B%20Portuguese%3A%20Franco-brasileiro%20or%20galo-brasileiro%29,1965%20around%20100%2C000%20French%20people%20immigrated%20to%20Brazil.