Shades of Christmas. The agency that runs the national lotteries said Tuesday that it will order up another fat one for July 2.

The Christmas “gordito” or fat one is a tradition, but the Junta de Protección Social de San José says it will give everyone a chance to win 125 million colons, the top prize. That’s about $244,000. There will be two top winners and a series of lesser prizes.Each full lottery ticket of 10 pieces will cost 6,000 colons or $11.72. Favorite numbers can be purchased by the piece, too. Each ticket carries a two-digit number and a three digit series number. The numbers are drawn from a roulette-type basket in public.

The junta provides funding for a number of social agencies, and the legal lottery faces strong competition from neighborhood numbers runners.

The surprise fat lottery is seen as a way for the junta to increase its bottom line.