diff --git a/src/DrawManager.sol b/src/DrawManager.sol
index 86c7f86..efda70a 100644
--- a/src/DrawManager.sol
+++ b/src/DrawManager.sol
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 pragma solidity ^0.8.24;
 
+import "forge-std/console2.sol";
+
 import { PrizePool } from "pt-v5-prize-pool/PrizePool.sol";
 import { IERC20 } from "openzeppelin/token/ERC20/IERC20.sol";
 import { SafeERC20 } from "openzeppelin/token/ERC20/utils/SafeERC20.sol";
@@ -332,38 +334,6 @@ contract DrawManager {
     return _lastStartDrawAuction;
   }
 
-  /// ================= Internal =================
-
-  /// @notice Checks if the auction has expired.
-  /// @param startedAt The time at which the auction started
-  /// @return True if the auction has expired, false otherwise
-  function _hasAuctionExpired(uint256 startedAt) internal view returns (bool) {
-    return uint48(block.timestamp - startedAt) > auctionDuration;
-  }
-
-  /// @notice Allocates the reward to the recipient.
-  /// @param _recipient The recipient of the reward
-  /// @param _amount The amount of the reward
-  function _reward(address _recipient, uint256 _amount) internal {
-    if (_amount > 0) {
-      prizePool.allocateRewardFromReserve(_recipient, SafeCast.toUint96(_amount));
-    }
-  }
-
-  /// @notice Computes the rewards for the start and finish draw auctions.
-  /// @param _drawId The draw id to compute rewards for
-  /// @param _startDrawOccurredAt The time at which the start rng request occurred. Must be in the past.
-  /// @return rewards The computed rewards for the start and finish draw auctions
-  /// @return remainingReserve The remaining reserve after the rewards have been allocated
-  function _computeRewards(uint24 _drawId, uint256 _startDrawOccurredAt) internal view returns (uint256[] memory rewards, uint256 remainingReserve) {
-    uint totalReserve = prizePool.reserve() + prizePool.pendingReserveContributions();
-    uint48 closesAt = prizePool.drawClosesAt(_drawId);    
-    uint48 startDrawElapsedTime = _elapsedTimeSinceDrawClosed(_startDrawOccurredAt, closesAt);
-    uint48 finishDrawElapsedTime = uint48(block.timestamp - _startDrawOccurredAt);
-
-    return computeRewards(startDrawElapsedTime, finishDrawElapsedTime, totalReserve);
-  }
-
   /// @notice Computes the start draw and finish draw rewards.
   /// @param _startDrawElapsedTime The elapsed time between draw close and startDraw()
   /// @param _finishDrawElapsedTime The elapsed time between startDraw() and finishDraw()
@@ -384,6 +354,15 @@ contract DrawManager {
     remainingReserve = _totalReserve - totalRewards;
   }
 
+  /// @notice Computes the start draw reward.
+  /// @param _startDrawElapsedTime The elapsed time between draw close and startDraw()
+  /// @param _totalReserve The total reserve available to allocate rewards from
+  /// @return reward The computed reward for start draw
+  function computeStartDrawReward(uint48 _startDrawElapsedTime, uint256 _totalReserve) public view returns (uint256) {
+    (uint256[] memory rewards,) = computeRewards(_startDrawElapsedTime, 0, _totalReserve);
+    return rewards[0];
+  }
+
   /// @notice Computes the reward fraction for the start draw auction.
   /// @param _elapsedTime The elapsed time since the draw closed in seconds
   /// @return The computed reward fraction for the start draw auction
@@ -408,9 +387,41 @@ contract DrawManager {
       );
   }
 
+  /// ================= Internal =================
+
+  /// @notice Checks if the auction has expired.
+  /// @param startedAt The time at which the auction started
+  /// @return True if the auction has expired, false otherwise
+  function _hasAuctionExpired(uint256 startedAt) internal view returns (bool) {
+    return uint48(block.timestamp - startedAt) > auctionDuration;
+  }
+
+  /// @notice Allocates the reward to the recipient.
+  /// @param _recipient The recipient of the reward
+  /// @param _amount The amount of the reward
+  function _reward(address _recipient, uint256 _amount) internal {
+    if (_amount > 0) {
+      prizePool.allocateRewardFromReserve(_recipient, SafeCast.toUint96(_amount));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /// @notice Computes the rewards for the start and finish draw auctions.
+  /// @param _drawId The draw id to compute rewards for
+  /// @param _startDrawOccurredAt The time at which the start rng request occurred. Must be in the past.
+  /// @return rewards The computed rewards for the start and finish draw auctions
+  /// @return remainingReserve The remaining reserve after the rewards have been allocated
+  function _computeRewards(uint24 _drawId, uint256 _startDrawOccurredAt) internal view returns (uint256[] memory rewards, uint256 remainingReserve) {
+    uint totalReserve = prizePool.reserve() + prizePool.pendingReserveContributions();
+    uint48 closesAt = prizePool.drawClosesAt(_drawId);    
+    uint48 startDrawElapsedTime = _elapsedTimeSinceDrawClosed(_startDrawOccurredAt, closesAt);
+    uint48 finishDrawElapsedTime = uint48(block.timestamp - _startDrawOccurredAt);
+
+    return computeRewards(startDrawElapsedTime, finishDrawElapsedTime, totalReserve);
+  }
+
   /// @notice Calculates the elapsed time for the current RNG auction.
   /// @return The elapsed time since the start of the current RNG auction in seconds.
-  function _elapsedTimeSinceDrawClosed(uint256 _timestamp, uint256 _drawClosedAt) public pure returns (uint48) {
+  function _elapsedTimeSinceDrawClosed(uint256 _timestamp, uint256 _drawClosedAt) internal pure returns (uint48) {
     return uint48(_drawClosedAt < _timestamp ? _timestamp - _drawClosedAt : 0);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/DrawManager.t.sol b/test/DrawManager.t.sol
index 9af6a2b..106bf9f 100644
--- a/test/DrawManager.t.sol
+++ b/test/DrawManager.t.sol
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ contract DrawManagerTest is Test {
         drawManager.finishDraw(address(0));
     }
 
+    function testComputeStartDrawRewardFraction() public {
+        assertEq(drawManager.computeStartDrawRewardFraction(auctionTargetTime).unwrap(), 0.1e18);
+    }
+
     function testComputeRewards() public {
         UD2x18[] memory rewardFractions = new UD2x18[](2);
         rewardFractions[0] = UD2x18.wrap(0.5e18);
@@ -311,6 +315,16 @@ contract DrawManagerTest is Test {
         assertEq(rewards[1], 20e18, "second reward");
     }
 
+    function testComputeStartDrawReward_atZero() public {
+        // tiny amount at zero
+        assertEq(drawManager.computeStartDrawReward(0, 100e18), 280);
+    }
+
+    function testComputeStartDrawReward_atTarget() public {
+        // tiny amount at zero
+        assertEq(drawManager.computeStartDrawReward(auctionTargetTime, 5e18), 0.5e18);
+    }
+
     function startFirstDraw() public {
         vm.warp(1 days);
         mockReserve(1e18, 0);