Americans went on a ticket-buying frenzy hoping to win the $193.5 million (£167 million) Powerball lottery - the third largest in US history - but no one picked the winning numbers.
The Powerball numbers were drawn at 11 p.m. last night (4 a.m. this morning Irish time).
No one had chosen the winning numbers, lottery officials said later. With the pot swelling to $280 million, the next drawing will take place on Saturday, officials said in a statement.
The lottery operates in 21 states and Washington, DC. To win players must match six numbers - five from 1 to 49 and a sixth single Powerball number from 1 to 42. Seventeen previous twice-weekly drawings have failed to produce a winner, causing the pot to swell.
The odds of winning are about 80 million to one.
Players have two options for collecting the winnings: a one-time payout worth more than 110 million before taxes or the full 200 million, also before taxes, paid out yearly over 25 years.
The prize is the second highest for the Powerball game, behind a $295.7 million payoff in 1998. The record for a US lottery payout, a $363 million jackpot, occurred in 2000 in another multi-state game.