A Gisborne woman stood dumbstruck with tears rolling down her cheeks when she heard she had won Lotto's Big Wednesday not once, but twice.

She's taking home nearly 175-thousand dollars.

Elgin Four Square owner, Virinder Kumar, sold the two separate winning tickets.

He says the woman came in at 9 am to check one of her tickets - and was in shock when she heard she had won.

Then, an hour later, she came in again to check the rest of her tickets.

When told she had won again, he says she could scarcely breathe and started to cry.