<p>Last week I <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/81132/ratio-of-probabilities-vs-ratio-of-pdfs">started a question</a> which got not answers so I set up a bounty. The <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/bounty">Help center</a> states:</p>

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<p>What does <code>the bounty is not awarded to anyone</code> mean? Do the points come back to me or are they lost?</p>

<p>Ok I just stumbled upon this question <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1124/unclaimed-bounty-points-where-did-they-go">Unclaimed bounty points: where did they go?</a> (which makes mine a duplicate) and apparently I loose the points. How is this fair?</p>
