It's true that gambling is viewed vary widely by the society, depending on personal beliefs, experiences and cultural factors. Gambler who keep it a secret from their family and friends could have a variety of reasons. Could be because they feel ashamed or embarrassed or maybe they just fear being judged or affects their relationship from other people or their loved ones and etc. Whether or not your proud as a gambler or you just simply want t o keep you personal activities private, it still varies from person to person.
Everyone of us has a secret and there are a lot reason why we hide it but in gambling it's better to show all we got than hiding some of this problems. Cause it will affect more in our life once we are hiding something in our family and it will make more crucial if they will know late than their expected. Anyways it's up to us if we gonna tell our family or keep it hiding until they found out cause there's no secret that can not be revealed.