Most factors that affects gamblers to hide his participation into gambling is the kind of environment which can't embrace the reality that there are people who involve themselves into gambling and some can manage to balance life and wisely earn decently, they are not vocable with their gambling participation and they choose to hide it.
Knowing that there are criticism that will circulate and they are not willing to face such kinds of confrontations.
Yes that is the reality. They hide their status as active gamblers for fear that their family or relatives where they work will find out. I think this is a normal thing in our place and gradually the gambling they do will also be known by their colleagues at work. Whether it's the slip of the tongue or the insanely fun illustrating of hitting a huge multiplier.
Maintaining your status as a gambler is quite difficult because both from a financial perspective and one's movements, it is also easy to guess that someone is an active gambler. Therefore, the wisest thing is to accept big consequences if family relatives find out about our activities in gambling.