Yes, "designed" to give you better odds, but if too many people pay up and put in "special" then the odds will be worse.
It looks like this.
Non residents can get 16% of the tags for a unit.
40% of those tags go into the "Special Draw". Of those 75% go to the highest point holders, 25% go random.
60% of the tags go into the "Regular draw". Of those 75% go to the highest point holders, 25% go random.
So say a unit has 50 total tags allotted.
8 tags can go to Non-residents.
3 tags go in the "Special draw. 2 for points, 1 for random.
5 Tags go in the "Regular draw". 4 for points, 1 for random.
That's all you can really tell prior to the actual draw happening. Prior to that, all you can do is look at the last few years draw trends to forecast what you think might happen. The new years draw odds are completely dependent on that applications received for that year.
Toprut is my favorite site for looking at the draw stats. They break it down and graph it out nicely. Make it easy to see the point creep trend as well as show you the possibilities, or lack of, for drawing a unit on random. You can get a feel for how many tags are available and how many folks put in.
Other sites are better for hunt info research.
Unit 62 type 1 for example:
https://www.toprut.com/hunt/wyoming-elk-unit-62/