Use a red hot pin to test. If plastic or bone it will melt a hole but if ivory it will just burn a dot. another way is to scrape but harder to tell bone from ivory but ivory will usually powder, bone scrapes as chunks and plastic will curl.
I checked on the Powerball web site and they said: WHICH HAS THE BETTER CHANCE OF WINNING: COMPUTER PICKS OR PLAYER PICKS? About 70% to 80% of purchases are computer picks. About 70% to80% of winners are computer picks. Perhaps just one of those weir...
something that will poke/drill a tiny hole in them would be perfect. You could even try an ice pick, but be careful not to break them! Then file down the excess material, string w/ any desired necklace rope, from any craft type store...I'd recommend ...