As a previous employee of one of the biggest free to play game companies i felt pretty bad.
What parents aren't aware of is the fact that game companies except the developers employ professional PhD psychologists to take advantage of people - mostly kids.
Worker protection comes from the deductions from the salary of their own or the salaries of other workers.
Workers pay to be protected.
Minimum wage is a total hoax and another topic. But bear in mind that most of the minimum wage workers do not pay this protection at all and still enjoy it.
There should be no difference in taxation of the gig vs regular wage payouts. a dollar here is equal to a dollar there.