Basque pelota Cesta Punta professional players in France and Spain. In the United States pelota is mainly a professional sport, strongly tied to betting and the pari-mutuel system. In professional environment is common to play special plays called "quinielas" well adapted to the betting needs. In 1994, the production company Asegarce started painting the courts green so that the ball would be more visible on TV. Professional games are open to betting on the results, as usual in most traditional Basque competitions. In the USA and Macau it is mainly this aspect of the competition that has given it some popularity. Besides
Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities Corazón Grande, Spanish Federation of Sports for Persons with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF) Spanish Sports Federation for Cerebral Palsy (FEDPC) and Spanish Blind Sports Federation (FEDC) were involved with organizing a national skiing competition in Benasque in which over 80 disability skiers participated. Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities Spanish Sports Federation for Persons with Physical Disabilities () is one of five disability sport organizations aligned with the Spanish Paralympic Committee that works towards support disability sport in Spain, and in this case specifically for people with physical disabilities. FEDDF is one of five disability sport organizations that belongs