There are a number of possible reasons that the individual might not want to talk about publicly:
A concern about gambling being potentially addictive for them;
Being relatively risk-averse in their personal capacity (and/or believing that their risk tolerance is better deployed for more meaningful things than random bets);
Being more financially constrained than their would-be counterparts; and
Awareness of, and discomfort with, the increased power the betting norm could give people with more money.
On the third point: the bet amount that would be seen as meaningful will vary based on the person’s individual circumstances. It is emotionally tough to say—no, I don’t have much money, $10 (or whatever) would be a meaningful bet for me even though it might take $100 (or whatever) to be meaningful to you.
On the fourth point: if you have more financial resources, you can feel freer with your bets while other people need to be more constrained. That gives you more access to bet-offers as a rhetorical tool to promote your positions than people with fewer resources. It’s understandable that people with fewer resources might see that as a financial bludgeon, even if not intended as such.
There are a number of possible reasons that the individual might not want to talk about publicly:
A concern about gambling being potentially addictive for them;
Being relatively risk-averse in their personal capacity (and/or believing that their risk tolerance is better deployed for more meaningful things than random bets);
Being more financially constrained than their would-be counterparts; and
Awareness of, and discomfort with, the increased power the betting norm could give people with more money.
On the third point: the bet amount that would be seen as meaningful will vary based on the person’s individual circumstances. It is emotionally tough to say—no, I don’t have much money, $10 (or whatever) would be a meaningful bet for me even though it might take $100 (or whatever) to be meaningful to you.
On the fourth point: if you have more financial resources, you can feel freer with your bets while other people need to be more constrained. That gives you more access to bet-offers as a rhetorical tool to promote your positions than people with fewer resources. It’s understandable that people with fewer resources might see that as a financial bludgeon, even if not intended as such.
I think the first one is good, the not so much.
I think there is something else going on here.