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I think the_logos is correct: If you could outpace a McDonald's fry cook without doing anything difficult, why would any teenagers (who can afford 'Net access) still be signing up to cook fries? You'd need either of:
1) Ridiculously specialized knowledge. If you have to play a game for two years in order to get skilled enough to get your hourly rate to an acceptable level, you have to include two years of zero-to-low-income time. This is also true if you're only making money because most people don't realize how profitable X is. Sooner or later, they'll figure it out, and you'll need a Plan B handy.
2) A bug exploit. Risky, hard to come by, subject to sudden termination, and on most games a good way to get your account closed.
One possibility would be to pick on games that are simple enough to be botted. This is especially true if you can run multiple bots without breaking your game's rules. Even if you can't, a bot that could earn $10/day through repetitive tedium is probably worth the effort to set one up.
The caveat is that if you can write a bot, lots of other people probably can as well, and prices will be driven down as the bot armies flood the supply. So it comes back to the specialized knowledge argument left above, since you need to write bots that other people can't write or wouldn't think of writing. Many games forbid botting as well, and any method that breaks your game's rules isn't a good choice for continued income.
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