Cash Tips From Carey’s Salary
If contestants guess the exact price of an item, they get a cash bonus of $500. Drew Carey seems delighted to pull the money from his pocket and give it directly to the contestants, but there is more than meets the eye.
Source: CBS.com
The money Drew gives out is legitimately from his pocket. The host allegedly uses his own salary to pay the generous tip. CBS did the math, and by 2017, Drew had given away about $187,000 from his own salary.