Segment and Geographic Information - Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Schedule of Revenues from External Customers and Assets [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment	3
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	$ 1,134,249	$ 1,075,518	$ 1,175,561
Pawn loan fees	475,782	457,517	564,824
Leased merchandise income	22,720	0	0
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales	57,190	96,233	103,876
Total revenue	1,698,965	1,631,284	1,864,439
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold	663,464	641,087	745,861
Depreciation of leased merchandise	12,826	0	0
Provision for Lease Losses	5,442	0	0
Provision for loan losses (1)	48,952	(488)	4,159
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold	49,129	79,546	96,072
Total cost of revenue	779,813	720,145	846,092
Net revenue	919,152	911,139	1,018,347
Expenses and other income:
Operating expenses	564,832	562,158	595,539
Administrative expenses	111,259	110,931	122,334
Depreciation and amortization	45,906	42,105	41,904
Interest expense	32,386	29,344	34,035
Interest income	(696)	(1,540)	(1,055)
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange	436	884	(787)
Merger and acquisition expenses	15,449	1,316	1,766
Gain on revaluation of contingent acquisition consideration	(17,871)	0	0
Impairments and dispositions of certain other assets	949	10,505	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	11,737	0
Total expenses and other income	752,650	767,440	793,736
Income before income taxes	166,502	143,699	224,611
Pawn loans	347,973	308,231	369,527
Consumer loans, net			751
Finance receivables, net	181,021	0
Inventories	263,311	190,352	265,256
Leased merchandise, net	143,944	0
Goodwill	1,536,178	977,381	948,643
Total assets	3,836,452	2,372,197	2,439,440
Asset Impairment Charges		1,900
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses		(488)	4,159
Interest and fees on finance receivables	9,024	2,016	20,178
U.S. Pawn
Revenue:
Total revenue	1,106,631	1,078,139	1,193,513
U.S. Pawn | Pawn Segment
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	742,374	720,281	722,127
Pawn loan fees	305,350	310,437	379,395
Leased merchandise income	0
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales	27,163	45,405	71,813
Total revenue	1,074,887	1,078,139	1,193,513
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold	416,039	415,938	447,911
Depreciation of leased merchandise	0
Provision for Lease Losses	0
Provision for loan losses (1)	0
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold	22,886	39,584	65,941
Total cost of revenue	438,925	455,034	518,011
Net revenue	635,962	623,105	675,502
Expenses and other income:
Operating expenses	380,895	396,627	412,508
Administrative expenses	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	22,234	21,743	20,860
Interest expense	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange	0	0	0
Merger and acquisition expenses	0	0	0
Gain on revaluation of contingent acquisition consideration	0
Impairments and dispositions of certain other assets	0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt		0
Total expenses and other income	403,129	418,370	433,368
Income before income taxes	232,833	204,735	242,134
Pawn loans	256,311	220,391	268,793
Consumer loans, net			751
Finance receivables, net	0
Inventories	197,486	136,109	181,320
Leased merchandise, net	0
Goodwill	861,793	802,148	771,311
Total assets	1,944,487	1,718,975	1,767,504
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses		(488)	4,159
Interest and fees on finance receivables	0	2,016	20,178
U.S. Pawn | Retail POS Payment Solutions
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	0
Pawn loan fees	0
Leased merchandise income	22,720
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales	0
Total revenue	31,744
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold	0
Depreciation of leased merchandise	12,826
Provision for Lease Losses	5,442
Provision for loan losses (1)	48,952
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold	0
Total cost of revenue	67,220
Net revenue	(35,476)
Expenses and other income:
Operating expenses	4,917
Administrative expenses	0
Depreciation and amortization	122
Interest expense	0
Interest income	0
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange	0
Merger and acquisition expenses	0
Gain on revaluation of contingent acquisition consideration	0
Impairments and dispositions of certain other assets	0
Total expenses and other income	5,039
Income before income taxes	(40,515)
Pawn loans	0
Finance receivables, net	181,021
Inventories	0
Leased merchandise, net	143,944
Goodwill	503,106	0	0
Total assets	1,178,729
Interest and fees on finance receivables	9,024
Latin America Pawn | Pawn Segment
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	391,875	355,237	453,434
Pawn loan fees	170,432	147,080	185,429
Leased merchandise income	0
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales	30,027	50,828	32,063
Total revenue	592,334	553,145	670,926
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold	247,425	225,149	297,950
Depreciation of leased merchandise	0
Provision for Lease Losses	0
Provision for loan losses (1)	0
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold	26,243	39,962	30,131
Total cost of revenue	273,668	265,111	328,081
Net revenue	318,666	288,034	342,845
Expenses and other income:
Operating expenses	179,020	165,531	183,031
Administrative expenses	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	17,834	15,816	14,626
Interest expense	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange	0	0	0
Merger and acquisition expenses	0	0	0
Gain on revaluation of contingent acquisition consideration	0
Impairments and dispositions of certain other assets	0	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt		0
Total expenses and other income	196,854	181,347	197,657
Income before income taxes	121,812	106,687	145,188
Pawn loans	91,662	87,840	100,734
Consumer loans, net			0
Finance receivables, net	0
Inventories	65,825	54,243	83,936
Leased merchandise, net	0
Goodwill	171,279	175,233	177,332
Total assets	562,661	540,473	574,059
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses		0	0
Interest and fees on finance receivables	0	0	0
Corporate
Revenue:
Retail merchandise sales	0	0	0
Pawn loan fees	0	0	0
Leased merchandise income	0
Wholesale scrap jewelry sales	0	0	0
Total revenue	0	0	0
Cost of revenue:
Cost of retail merchandise sold	0	0	0
Depreciation of leased merchandise	0
Provision for Lease Losses	0
Provision for loan losses (1)	0
Cost of wholesale scrap jewelry sold	0	0	0
Total cost of revenue	0	0	0
Net revenue	0	0	0
Expenses and other income:
Operating expenses	0	0	0
Administrative expenses	111,259	110,931	122,334
Depreciation and amortization	5,716	4,546	6,418
Interest expense	32,386	29,344	34,035
Interest income	(696)	(1,540)	(1,055)
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange	436	884	(787)
Merger and acquisition expenses	15,449	1,316	1,766
Gain on revaluation of contingent acquisition consideration	(17,871)
Impairments and dispositions of certain other assets	949	10,505
Loss on extinguishment of debt		11,737
Total expenses and other income	147,628	167,723	162,711
Income before income taxes	(147,628)	(167,723)	(162,711)
Pawn loans	0	0	0
Consumer loans, net			0
Finance receivables, net	0
Inventories	0	0	0
Leased merchandise, net	0
Goodwill	0	0	0
Total assets	150,575	112,749	97,877
Provision for Loan and Lease Losses		0	0
Interest and fees on finance receivables	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0