In many cultures and countries is gambling consider as a bad thing which only the poorest and silliest ones do. Many gamblers try to hide that they gamble from their friends and families and feel really shameful for that. Do you consider gambling as a bad thing? Do you feel shameful or proud for being a gambler? If it is shame what you feel what do you about it? How do you hide you're a gambler and who do you hide it from?
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I live in a culture that you described. Gambling is frowned upon here. Do I consider it a bad thing? No, definitely not, as long as the person knows what they are doing, i.e. only gamble what you can afford to lose, and gambling is only for fun, not a way to make money. I neither feel shameful nor I feel proud, I just think that gambling is a very common thing to do.