Yes, and I think one of the reasons why a gambler still gets a bad rap from society about his or her involvement in gambling even if the country does not ban gambling activities in my opinion is because of the bad effects that are undeniable in gambling, or in other words, everyone has an equal chance of ending up experiencing many bad effects such as addiction if only they treat the activity in the wrong way or in a way that tends to be too excessive. We can't lie that gambling can always ruin a person's life in various aspects regardless of whether the country bans or legalizes the activity, which is probably the reason why society still views gamblers as people with bad personalities.
Perhaps this is also the reason why most people prefer to hide their involvement in gambling, but on the other hand yes you have also repeated my idea above that it still depends on one's comfort regarding whether they want to hide their gambling or even publicize it to the public eye, but I think there is absolutely nothing to be proud of from being involved in gambling, plus we are the only ones who will eventually feel whatever impact it has.
We do have our own self-explanation regarding to how we treat our gambling, I guess most of those who continue to hide thier gambling involvement are still have that mindset that they might be criticize by other people that surrounds them especially if they are in the religious types of community, they are afraid of being tag doing something not religeous.
Well, it depends from how you treat and how acceptance it be from the community where you at, gambling though is no longer a secret for most people, as it's easy to be access and the industry is being accepted by most countries around.
It depends on the environment too, simply put if for example you are in an environment that does not question your involvement in gambling then maybe you will not really hide your involvement in gambling because you feel that you have a fairly active environment in gambling, On the other hand, yes, the gambling industry is now easier to access because you can find many casinos that are engaged in the online field but for the problem of whether the public's perspective on gambling is good or bad, it has nothing to do with the ease of accessing gambling, because no matter how easy you reach gambling, it is still the case that if for example you are in an environment that puts a negative perspective on this activity then yes, the solution is to hide your involvement so that you avoid some criticism or disturbance.