Saturday’s jackpot also would be the eighth-largest prize in the game’s history, the lottery said Wednesday. The $725 million jackpot for Saturday’s drawing would be the third-largest Powerball prize this year, following a $754.6 million jackpot won in Washington state in February and the colossal $1.08 billion jackpot won in California in July. Wednesday’s numbers were 16, 27, 59, 62 and 63 with a Powerball of 23. Powerball players now have the chance to win an estimated $725 million jackpot this weekend after Wednesday night’s drawing produced no big winner.
