Maybe there is a fear of gambling addicts that if they reveal their gambling addiction to other people, they will be rejected by people, making them unable to accept it. And that's what makes gambling addicts not want to admit that they have a gambling addiction so they don't dare to be honest with other people. But if they don't care about what other people will say, they will still say or be honest with people that they need help and want to cure their gambling addiction. That will allow them to get the right treatment to cure their gambling addiction.
Addiction is hard to cure especially when you have easy access to it and you don't really feel anything wrong about it because you can actually fund your addiction. this is what happened to many of those people who realized all these things when it was already too late for them because they already lost it all. some of them even went too far by taking loans just to fill their hunger for their addictions which ended up being the worst thing they could ever do in their life.
Agreed, the ease of access have paved path for gambling addiction.