Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 100,906	$ 94,997	$ 196,488	$ 181,891
Jewelry scrapping sales	43,568	53,175	89,493	109,578
Pawn service charges	62,594	56,444	128,618	116,236
Consumer loan fees	62,310	50,319	127,075	95,407
Other revenues	2,696	1,343	7,526	2,039
Total revenues	272,074	256,278	549,200	505,151
Merchandise cost of goods sold	59,177	55,880	114,678	104,276
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	30,092	32,310	62,291	67,734
Consumer loan bad debt	8,880	6,466	22,954	17,491
Net revenues	173,925	161,622	349,277	315,650
Operating expenses:
Operations	105,547	86,624	212,809	169,182
Administrative	8,603	11,998	22,274	23,652
Depreciation and amortization	8,763	7,259	16,415	12,514
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	13	27	42	(174)
Total operating expenses	122,926	105,908	251,540	205,174
Operating income	50,999	55,714	97,737	110,476
Interest income	(138)	(314)	(316)	(353)
Interest expense	3,891	2,560	7,706	3,150
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(4,125)	(4,577)	(9,163)	(8,738)
Other (income) expense	405	802	(96)	(317)
Income before income taxes	50,966	57,243	99,606	116,734
Income tax expense	16,086	19,870	32,571	40,009
Net income	34,880	37,373	67,035	76,725
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	899	112	2,337	112
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 33,981	$ 37,261	$ 64,698	$ 76,613
Net income per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.63	$ 0.73	$ 1.22	$ 1.51
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.63	$ 0.73	$ 1.22	$ 1.51
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in dollars per share)	54,172	50,794	53,099	50,573
Diluted (in dollars per share)	54,252	51,069	53,172	50,887