Some of your relatives who you know are underage and immature to understand that there is responsible gambling and that you can actually be gambling for fun with the chance to win money and not to just win money need to be starved of any information about you being involved in gambling.
When gambling, it's better you don't do it in front of your kids, because you might think they know nothing about what you are doing and won't try it out, but don't be surprised that kids might go behind your back and start gambling. The worst part is that they won't gamble responsibly, they might even end up getting addicted, and you will find it difficult to stop them from gambling. When gambling, make sure it's hidden, and don't let your kids know about your gambling activities.
Not just relatives but your closest family will be affected if you are an irresponsible gambler. You might also influence one of them. But the most sad part here is that you're not having quality time bonding with your love ones because you spend more time on gambling.
There are a lot of ways in which your gambling addiction can affect your relatives lives. Sometimes it's not even all about you influencing some of your family members. If you haven't seen someone sell their properties to gamble before, then you will have heard about it from different places. People do end up selling their properties just because they want to gamble, some do sell their houses, and they will end up gambling with the money, which is going to render their family members homeless, some are not going to provide the necessary things the family members need, the money that they are supposed to use for that, they will end up gambling with, and their family members will end up suffering. Seriously, there are multiple things addicted gamblers do that do affect them and their family members.