Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, 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) expense	3,637	551
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(5,038)	(4,161)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0
Other (income) expense	(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
Parent [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0
Pawn service charges	0	0
Consumer loan fees	0	0
Other revenues	0	20,139
Total revenues	0	20,139
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0
Consumer loan bad debt	0	0
Net revenues	0	20,139
Operating expenses:
Operations	0	0
Administrative	(103)	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0
Total operating expenses	(103)	0
Operating income	103	20,139
Interest (income) expense	1,016	(1,873)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(3,168)	(2,336)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	(42,152)	(33,913)
Other (income) expense	0	0
Income before income taxes	44,407	58,261
Income tax expense	13,690	18,909
Net income	30,717	39,352
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	30,717	39,352
Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	79,202	75,972
Jewelry scrapping sales	41,838	52,574
Pawn service charges	58,210	54,370
Consumer loan fees	42,936	42,417
Other revenues	2,569	850
Total revenues	224,755	226,183
Merchandise cost of goods sold	46,051	43,115
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	28,989	33,006
Consumer loan bad debt	10,647	10,191
Net revenues	139,068	139,871
Operating expenses:
Operations	82,516	71,597
Administrative	13,514	10,817
Depreciation and amortization	5,411	4,147
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	28	(224)
Total operating expenses	101,469	86,337
Operating income	37,599	53,534
Interest (income) expense	(370)	2,453
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,870)	(1,825)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0
Other (income) expense	(499)	(1,137)
Income before income taxes	40,338	54,043
Income tax expense	2	20,139
Net income	40,336	33,904
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	40,336	33,904
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	16,380	10,922
Jewelry scrapping sales	4,087	3,829
Pawn service charges	7,814	5,422
Consumer loan fees	21,829	2,671
Other revenues	2,261	318
Total revenues	52,371	23,162
Merchandise cost of goods sold	9,450	5,281
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	3,210	2,418
Consumer loan bad debt	3,427	834
Net revenues	36,284	14,629
Operating expenses:
Operations	24,746	10,961
Administrative	260	1,309
Depreciation and amortization	2,241	1,108
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	1	23
Total operating expenses	27,248	13,401
Operating income	9,036	1,228
Interest (income) expense	2,991	(29)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0
Other (income) expense	(2)	18
Income before income taxes	6,047	1,239
Income tax expense	2,793	1,230
Net income	3,254	9
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	1,438	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	1,816	9
Eliminations [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0
Pawn service charges	0	0
Consumer loan fees	0	0
Other revenues	0	(20,611)
Total revenues	0	(20,611)
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0
Consumer loan bad debt	0	0
Net revenues	0	(20,611)
Operating expenses:
Operations	0	0
Administrative	0	(472)
Depreciation and amortization	0	0
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0
Total operating expenses	0	(472)
Operating income	0	(20,139)
Interest (income) expense	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	42,152	33,913
Other (income) expense	0	0
Income before income taxes	(42,152)	(54,052)
Income tax expense	0	(20,139)
Net income	(42,152)	(33,913)
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (42,152)	$ (33,913)