Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, 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) expense	3,753	2,246	7,390	2,797
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(4,125)	(4,577)	(9,163)	(8,738)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Other income	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
Parent [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0	0	0
Pawn service charges	0	0	0	0
Consumer loan fees	0	0	0	0
Other revenues	0	0	0	20,139
Total revenues	0	0	0	20,139
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Consumer loan bad debt	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	0	0	0	20,139
Operating expenses:
Operations	0	0	0	0
Administrative	0	0	(103)	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0	0	0
Total operating expenses	0	0	(103)	0
Operating income	0	0	103	20,139
Interest (income) expense	960	(396)	1,976	(2,269)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(3,058)	(2,142)	(6,226)	(4,478)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	(46,034)	(53,538)	(88,186)	(87,451)
Other income	0	0	0	0
Income before income taxes	48,132	56,076	92,539	114,337
Income tax expense	14,151	18,815	27,841	37,724
Net income	33,981	37,261	64,698	76,613
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	33,981	37,261	64,698	76,613
Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	85,964	84,739	165,166	160,711
Jewelry scrapping sales	40,384	49,033	82,222	101,607
Pawn service charges	54,512	50,505	112,722	104,875
Consumer loan fees	40,725	40,233	83,661	82,650
Other revenues	1,362	985	3,931	1,835
Total revenues	222,947	225,495	447,702	451,678
Merchandise cost of goods sold	50,581	50,063	96,632	93,178
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	27,501	29,327	56,490	62,333
Consumer loan bad debt	6,045	5,310	16,692	15,501
Net revenues	138,820	140,795	277,888	280,666
Operating expenses:
Operations	81,355	71,199	163,871	142,796
Administrative	8,354	10,918	21,868	21,735
Depreciation and amortization	6,382	4,447	11,793	8,594
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	(1)	2	27	(222)
Total operating expenses	96,090	86,566	197,559	172,903
Operating income	42,730	54,229	80,329	107,763
Interest (income) expense	(362)	689	(732)	3,142
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,067)	(2,435)	(2,937)	(4,260)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Other income	272	803	(227)	(334)
Income before income taxes	43,887	55,172	84,225	109,215
Income tax expense	(2)	0	0	20,139
Net income	43,889	55,172	84,225	89,076
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	43,889	55,172	84,225	89,076
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	14,942	10,258	31,322	21,180
Jewelry scrapping sales	3,184	4,142	7,271	7,971
Pawn service charges	8,082	5,939	15,896	11,361
Consumer loan fees	21,585	10,086	43,414	12,757
Other revenues	1,334	358	3,595	676
Total revenues	49,127	30,783	101,498	53,945
Merchandise cost of goods sold	8,596	5,817	18,046	11,098
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	2,591	2,983	5,801	5,401
Consumer loan bad debt	2,835	1,156	6,262	1,990
Net revenues	35,105	20,827	71,389	35,456
Operating expenses:
Operations	24,192	15,425	48,938	26,386
Administrative	249	1,080	509	2,389
Depreciation and amortization	2,381	2,812	4,622	3,920
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	14	25	15	48
Total operating expenses	26,836	19,342	54,084	32,743
Operating income	8,269	1,485	17,305	2,713
Interest (income) expense	3,155	1,953	6,146	1,924
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Other income	133	(1)	131	17
Income before income taxes	4,981	(467)	11,028	772
Income tax expense	1,937	1,055	4,730	2,285
Net income	3,044	(1,522)	6,298	(1,513)
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	899	112	2,337	112
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	2,145	(1,634)	3,961	(1,625)
Eliminations [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0	0	0
Pawn service charges	0	0	0	0
Consumer loan fees	0	0	0	0
Other revenues	0	0	0	(20,611)
Total revenues	0	0	0	(20,611)
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Consumer loan bad debt	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	0	0	0	(20,611)
Operating expenses:
Operations	0	0	0	0
Administrative	0	0	0	(472)
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0	0	0
Total operating expenses	0	0	0	(472)
Operating income	0	0	0	(20,139)
Interest (income) expense	0	0	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	46,034	53,538	88,186	87,451
Other income	0	0	0	0
Income before income taxes	(46,034)	(53,538)	(88,186)	(107,590)
Income tax expense	0	0	0	(20,139)
Net income	(46,034)	(53,538)	(88,186)	(87,451)
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (46,034)	$ (53,538)	$ (88,186)	$ (87,451)