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Anyone would think you were AMERICAN with all this deposit trouble.
UK card companies are cracking down though, and may be reluctant to allow gaming transactions even where they did so before. I found my Lloyds VISA card will not accept such transactions, and it was a DEBIT card. Barclaycard so far is the most reliable UK card for gambling, still treated as purchases, the rest treat such transactions as cash advances, and apply more stringent limits, as well as charging interest at the higher cash rate from day one.
I am interested in how you managed to download Purple Lounge, was this the Poker or the casino? The casino is still billed as Flash only, and the download was put on hold because of the many problems Viper casino lobbies were giving players earlier.
The reason your PC "remembered" that long dead account was due to remnant registry keys. These hold on to the account number, and when you reinstalled, this would cause the registration/activation screen to be bypassed with you getting the normal login prompt with the password needing to be entered. If you have used more than one computer, this could become confusing.
I never close accounts, I just stop using them, but make a note I have had them. This should prevent me from falling into the "multiple account" trap by accident unless the casino has done some serious rebranding to look brand new and unrelated to the earlier site. So far, only my accounts at Main Street have suffered this fate, and I have made special note so that I can track them from Playtech to the new
RTG platforms. I have actually ended up with TWO accounts at one, due to a couple of the skins being closed rather than ported to
RTG.
It's a good job you had this mishap with 32Red, rather than one of the less reputable sites who might seek to use this as an excuse to void winnings.