SteveWillDoIt (Stephan Deleonardi) was banned from YouTube in August 2022 because the platform said his channel had “severe or repeated violations” of its Community Guidelines, and then removed it permanently. Reports and Steve’s own comments point to his repeated promotion of online gambling site Stake.com, including showing or directing viewers to gambling URLs and rebuilding/promoting new gambling channels after a previous one was taken down, as the main reason behind the ban.

Official reason

• YouTube notified him that his channel was terminated for “severe or repeated violations” of Community Guidelines and that it needed to remain a “safe place for all,” without listing every specific video.

• The enforcement followed earlier strikes and the removal of at least one secondary gambling-focused channel.

Gambling promotion issues

• Multiple sources note that his content frequently promoted the crypto casino Stake.com, and YouTube policies restrict certain types of real‑money gambling promotion, especially when links or specific URLs are shown.

• Steve has said a key issue was a video where the editor failed to fully blur the gambling site’s “.com” in frame, which he believes gave YouTube a concrete policy violation to act on.

Rebuilding channels after deletion

• After his earlier gambling channel was deleted, he created a new gambling channel and then promoted it heavily on his main channel.

• He has described this “promote the new deleted-type channel on the main” move as what ultimately triggered the main-channel removal.

Current situation

• His original ban was permanent on the main channel, though some reports in late 2025 say he has been allowed back on the platform in some capacity after roughly three years.

• Even with that change, the original ban is still generally understood to have been caused by repeated guideline violations tied to gambling content and how it was promoted.