So lets say now, my wife naturally does not like gamblers as she sees them as jobless, lazy and money wasters, imagine i let her know that i gamble, how possibly can i explain this to her understanding?, what exactly am i going to tell her that will make her understand that not every gambler is jobless, lazy and just wasting money, i will rather spare myself that stress of trying to convince her, by keeping my gambling activities a secret to her, than trying to convince in any way.
And the day she finds out what do you think will happen? She will lose all trust in you and whatever you tell her later. If you are winning more of your games than you lose, and you earn from it, why would you hide it. Those who hide their gambling habits are those who have more loses than winning. If your wife does not have financial issues and arguement with you but does not know you are a gambler it is better you tell her than for her to find out herself. You can stylishly disclose your winnings to her once in a while. Watch her and you will find out that she will later become cool with it.
I believe "she" has secrets either and money issues (if a guy has lost money) is least harmful secret that a family could have. People must understand that they can do whatever they want with their earned money. Hiding from someone that you spend your money in gambling? Not for me. I dont hide my gambling habit. No one havent complained about it. However no one cheered me either to play more. Even if someone complain, try to make me uncomfortable because I lose money in gambling, call me addicted - I dont care. My money, my rules. I wont let anybody calculate my money and teach how to spend and how to use them.