Ok you are gambling just for fun, your friends and neighbors knows that and a friend invited you to his party to be one of the candidates as a councilor and campaign will start in 6 months, now, of course, you need to have a good reputation, will you stop gambling just to have a good image this coming campaign and how will you defend yourself if accused as a gambler.
I think as long as we can gamble responsibly, then there will be no issues with our reputations because no body will even notice that we gamble.
I always believed that gambling is for matured minds, and should never be taken as a job. But when you are obsessed with gambling, and cannot control your personal affairs, then you need to stop gambling.