A tip management system 10 that enables a viewer to offer a tip to a participant in a digital broadcast television program is configured such that information for tipping is included in the details of a data broadcast displayed on a television receiver 2 when the digital broadcast television program is received and displayed by the television receiver 2. The tip management system 10 comprises a data broadcast producing server that produces data broadcast content including the information for tipping, and a management server 1 that receives data relating to tipping via an Internet connection and determines an amount to be distributed to the program participant when the viewer offers a tip on the basis of the information for tipping included in the details of the data broadcast.