Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 95,582	$ 86,894
Jewelry scrapping sales	45,925	56,403
Pawn service charges	66,024	59,792
Consumer loan fees	64,765	45,088
Other revenues	4,830	696
Total revenues	277,126	248,873
Merchandise cost of goods sold	55,501	48,396
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	32,199	35,424
Consumer loan bad debt	14,074	11,025
Net revenues	175,352	154,028
Operating expenses:
Operations	107,262	82,558
Administrative	13,671	11,654
Depreciation and amortization	7,652	5,255
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	29	(201)
Total operating expenses	128,614	99,266
Operating income	46,738	54,762
Interest income	178	39
Interest expense	3,815	590
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(5,038)	(4,161)
Other income	(501)	(1,119)
Income before income taxes	48,640	59,491
Income tax expense	16,485	20,139
Net income	32,155	39,352
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	1,438	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 30,717	$ 39,352
Net income per common share:
Basic	$ 0.59	$ 0.78
Diluted	$ 0.59	$ 0.78
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	52,049	50,355
Diluted	52,112	50,693