Consumer Loans Receivable (Concentration of Consumer Loan Receivables by Geographic Region) (Details)	12 Months Ended
Apr. 02, 2016
Geographic Concentration of Consumer Loans Receivable in Key States
Percentage of Principal Balance of Consumer Loans Receivable	10.00%
Other states with concentrations greater than minimum	0
Texas [Member]
Geographic Concentration of Consumer Loans Receivable in Key States
Portfolio concentration	39.00%

Consumer loans receivable geographical concentration percentage.

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Disclosure of geographic concentration of consumer loans receivable by key state.

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Percentage of principal balance of consumer loans receivable.

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Identifies the countries, states or other geographical territories in which a significant amount of loans and leases are issued.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51669610&loc=d3e9038-108599

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