<p>I set a bounty of 50 points <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/27293/testing-for-trends-in-partial-proportional-odds-models">on one of my questions last week</a>. Unfortunately, it was never answered. After the bounty expired, shouldn't the points have come back to my account, since it was offered only if someone answered the question?</p>

<p>Are non-claimed bounties lost forever, even if they are awarded to no one? It seems counter-intuitive.</p>
