The Magic 8 Ball is a plastic sphere, made to look like an oversized eight ball, that is used for fortune-telling or seeking advice. It was invented in 1946 by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman and is currently manufactured by Mattel. The user asks a yes–no question to the ball, then turns it over to reveal an answer that floats up into a window.

The Magic 8-Ball is used for fortune-telling or seeking advice, developed in the 1950s and manufactured by Mattel; often used in fiction, often for humor related to its giving accurate, inaccurate, or otherwise statistically improbable answers.

To look at it simply, a Magic 8 ball online is a fortune telling tool that has made its way into popular culture as a game or novelty item. It is designed to bring an actual billiard ball to mind, being black, shiny and round, and featuring a number 8 – but also a circular section where you can see your answer.

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.