Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) to ruin or frustrate, esp. by cheating.

1940		L. Pound ‘Guide to Variety’ AS XV:2 204/2: eight-balled. Failed.
1947		H.E. Helseth Chair for Martin Rome 122: I’ll give you a chance to eight-ball him, and at the same time get half the de Grazia stuff.
1956		M. Hargrove Girl He Left 171: You’ve done your damnedest to eight-ball me for eight weeks [HDAS].
1981		D. Ballenger Terror 147: We’re eight-balled now [HDAS].
2003		www.bathstudent.com 🌐 Looks like you eight-balled the Staffordshire gang.