Oregon is the most "random" of any western draw system.
Our draw system generates your random number when you submit an application, per hunt series (WY sorts the database by id the assigns random numbers). After the app change period closes, members of the public generate a seed number, per hunt series, and the computer will go up from that number, vs other states that go up from zero. So, for our system to favor 1st time sheep applicants, as some on other forums have suggested, that app computer would need to go into the future, note the sheep seed number, come back to real time and assign the appropriate random number based on those who applied before you, and all those to apply after.
After the seed numbers are generated our new app front end populates your controlled hunt page with your random numbers, per hunt series. Knowing there are 9,999,999 possible numbers, the number of applicants, and the number of tags allotted you can guestimate if you are close enough to the seed number to get drawn before they run out of tags.
As with all draws, there are assumptions; we use last years number of applicants, and we have to assume an equal distribution of random numbers to the applicants. It's not perfect but over time it has worked better than not. I borrowed this explanation off a guy and it shows the process for our 25% random draw. If you have the points to draw in the 75% pp side, your random number won't matter but if you're in the last point pool in that 75% and there are more apps than tags, it'll come down to your position from the seed number.
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