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.
Why many sees it as sin or something evil, is because may people has been behaving abnormal due to excessive gambling habits and family and friends can't control such person making them fill they have been affected by evil spirits. and this notion is based on people's beliefs expecially those religious people.
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.
Many people seems not to be happy with gambling. Gambling is not what people paint it to be, gambling is good and a fun game but people misinterprete it and made people to feel ashamed of doing it, to the point of hiding before playing. I guest those who are hiding to play gamble are not matured in mind. Because a matured minded person will not be afraid of gambling.
Those that keep their gambling habit a secret is it that they're not proud of what they are doing?.
They are just being afraid due to peoples thinking about gambling. Aside from what people says about gambling I don't see reasons to why they are afraid.