We live in a society where people have different views about something and these views could be drawn based on different constituent like personal sentiment, religion, ideology and experience. And speaking of gamble there are those that view it as an irresponsible activity to embark on and whoever is into it is tag as irresponsible guy, for some it beyond being irresponsible but a sin something that is evil, while some others out of an ugly experience of a loved one that got ruined by it due to extreme addiction.
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.
Those that keep their gambling habit a secret is it that they're not proud of what they are doing?.
Keeping gambling habit as a secret is not bad at all and there are two reasons why people do this.
1. To avoid discouragement from people around them.
2. They care about what others says about gamblers.
In some countries, gamblers are big sinners, the way people stare at gamblers is like that of someone who is lost in his own dream, and it can be a stamp for you when you are sighted at a casino nearby.
I won't ever discourage anyone not to gamble, but I will tell them about the cruelty of becoming a gambling addict, so that they will be cautious when proceeding, the truth is you can never know what will work for anyone, just because you hate gambling don't mean it won't favor someone else, this is why I don't discourage people.
I want to add this one more reason I see why others prefer to hide their gambling activities is to avoid bad luck or the so-called evil eye 🧿 there are other people who when they know what is happening to you, they can controlled it in their mind and there is a big chance that your plans will not come true or in the case of gambling, you may lose and bad luck happen to you because there is another person who knows what you are doing, and that person is possibly against on what you're doing. That's one of the superstitious beliefs here in our country, many things are avoided in order not to lose in gambling and first things first is - don't let other people know.