Place your bets on who will win a lucrative gaming license to operate a casino in the five boroughs — a competition that is kicking in to high gear.

On Monday, the members of powerful community advisory committees for each of the eight proposed projects were appointed.

These committees will get up or down votes on the projects later this summer, and could kill any proposal.

In total, there are eight proposals vying for up to three state gaming licenses. Seven of them are within the city's limits.

These projects will need these committees’ approval to move onto the next phase of the competition.

In the city, for each project, the mayor and the governor get to appoint a member and then other local representatives from the Assembly, Senate, borough president and City Council appoint one too.

To approve a project, four of them must vote yes.

"Whether I appoint somebody that is pro or against the decision, when it's made, it’s going to fall on me,” Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso said.

Some officials, like Reynoso, appointed themselves. He will serve on a committee weighing a proposed casino in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

"The person that they are going to hold accountable for the decision that's being made on behalf of me, through an appointment or myself, is me,” he said. “So, there was no reason to appoint someone and have someone think for a second that the decision doesn't fall on me."

The Queens borough president will serve on two committees in Queens — one for Resorts World, which already operates a facility with slot machines in the borough, and another proposed by Mets owner Steve Cohen and Hard Rock.

Other officials appointed staff members, planning experts and local community members.

For many of these projects, this could be a difficult process.

The community advisory committees must vote by the end of September. Then it will go to the state board that makes the final decision.

The state gaming commission is expected to issue the licenses by the end of the year.