In Bob Dancer's latest column he makes mention that he gets something like four million dollars a year in W2G's and if he tipped 1% per hand pay it would total $40,000 and that could make the difference between a winning or a losing year.

First, if that's true, he has a very small profit margin. But that's a different discussion.

The real discussion is about tipping 1-percent.

I've often read that on a $20,000 royal an appropriate tip would be $100 or one-half of one percent. I admit I tip 1% except when it's a hand pay of $1250 and then its $10 which is 0.8%.

The last time my wife joined me for dinner and some VP at a casino, she got a $2,000 royal playing 50-cent bonus and she tipped $20 which was 1%.

When you think about it, video poker players tipping 1% puts them under many table game players. I've seen $10 passline players at craps tip the dealers $1 by putting $1 on top of their $10 bet. Craps players also might make a $1 hardways bet for the dealers which can return $10 when it hits.

So has tipping changed at all in the last year because of the economy or any other reason?