The Magic 8-Ball is a plastic sphere made to resemble an eight-ball used in pool billiards that's used for fortune-telling and seeking advice. Today, real-life Magic 8-Balls are produced and sold by Mattel, but the concept has been around for many decades; in fact, the first Magic 8-Ball was produced back in 1950! Real-life Magic 8-Balls require the user to shake it for an answer, but ours above only requires a simple click.