Actually It depende on the gambler if he gonna let gambling ruins his/her family cause we all know that every gamblers have their own decision in life so without hesitation if gambler want to help his/her family then he/she must do everything to become a good influence in and let themselves follow what's the best thing to do to avoid such losses and addictions in gambling. While in the other hand if a gambler are too bad then he/she will not do anything good .
Gambling is supposed to be hidden from the family and if not, anytime we keep losing or we don't have money to pay our bills, this might lead to minor problems and we can be accused of using the funds that is supposed to help the family and settle some of the bills using it for gambling. We need to be responsible and we should not let our children know that we are not responsible. Some persons might see gambling as being irresponsible and time wasting.