These factors has made a number of gamblers to keep their gambling habit a secret doing all they could not to let friends and family know they gamble. And it does seem like they ain't proud of what they're doing.
But why continue in what you're not proud of by keeping it secret cause maybe you're worried about what people may say, how their thoughts about your person might change. Or how you might loose ties with someone you hold dear to. And many other reasons that follows.
Everyone has a way to approach different situations. Some might be proud of their gambling activities because of how much they make from it continually. Gambling to some others is an illicit activities and when we speak of religion, it's highly discouraged. Most religious person preach against it and their followers are not to be found gambling for any reason.
So what I'm trying to say here is that weather you are proud of gambling or not, depends on how often you are winning or how often you get to play. Don't let others opinion affect your life.