Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes are asking a federal judge to let them join the government’s legal fight over sports prediction markets, arguing the outcome could reshape gambling oversight and threaten a major stream of tribal income. The Mohegan Tribe and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation filed a motion Tuesday (May 26) in the U.S. District Court seeking permission to intervene as defendants in a lawsuit brought earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission against Connecticut regulators and state officials. The Mohegan Tribe and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation have moved to intervene in the CFTC's lawsuit vs. the State of Connecticut, and have requested permission to participate in the court conference scheduled for May 27th. The CFTC opposes the Tribes' motion to intervene.…