The Seminole Tribe of Florida is about to start hiring workers for blackjack and other card games it plans to soon offer at its casinos, even though the compact with Gov. Charlie Crist allowing the games is being challenged in the Florida Supreme Court.

The tribe will begin running print advertisements Friday that pitch job openings for 3,650 dealers for blackjack, baccarat and pai gow, which is a form of poker. The ads also seek floor supervisors, and cage and pit managers for the casinos in Hollywood, Tampa, Coconut Creek and at its Everglades reservations.

One ad will run in South Florida-area papers with the goal of attracting dealers from gambling cruises based in the area, while another will target non-Florida gaming markets, tribe spokesman Gary Bitner said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the tribe is planning job fairs next week in Atlantic City, N.J., and early April in Hartford, Conn. It also may hold similar fairs in Mississippi and Las Vegas, Bitner said.