The cheapest song gets cut.

How the request line works

1. Request. Put one song on the setlist with at least 1,000 $ORDERBANK behind it. Ten slots, one per wallet. Requests stay open until the first cut.
2. Top up or get cut. Each round has a clock. While it runs, any song still on can be topped up. When it runs out, the cheapest stake still on is cut (on a tie, the later request).
3. Split. The cut stake, less a 3% rake to the house, is split evenly across every song still on and credited to its requester.
4. Encore. When one song is left the setlist closes. That song gets its own stake back on top of every split it collected. Then the next setlist opens.

A round with fewer than two songs on cuts nothing; its clock simply restarts. Credits are yours to claim any time. The house can open a new setlist when the last one has closed, and that is all it can do: no pause, no withdrawal of anyone's stake.