Geographic Areas (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule of Revenues from External Customers and Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 191,424	$ 169,532	$ 167,623	$ 176,023	$ 202,774	$ 175,000	$ 165,326	$ 169,777	$ 704,602	$ 712,877	$ 660,848
Pawn loans and consumer loans	118,719				119,777				118,719	119,777	116,684
Inventories	93,458				91,088				93,458	91,088	77,793
Long-lived assets	120,476				122,454				120,476	122,454	110,878
United States
Schedule of Revenues from External Customers and Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									336,848	324,600	297,862
Pawn loans and consumer loans	68,841				68,890				68,841	68,890	66,548
Inventories	56,040				49,969				56,040	49,969	40,910
Long-lived assets	69,868				69,456				69,868	69,456	58,539
Latin America
Schedule of Revenues from External Customers and Assets [Line Items]
Revenue									367,754	388,277	362,986
Pawn loans and consumer loans	49,878				50,887				49,878	50,887	50,136
Inventories	37,418				41,119				37,418	41,119	36,883
Long-lived assets	$ 50,608				$ 52,998				$ 50,608	$ 52,998	$ 52,339