Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long term debt instruments

The following table presents our long-term debt instruments and balances under capital lease obligations outstanding at June 30, 2013 and 2012 and September 30, 2012:

	June 30, 2013				June 30, 2012				September 30, 2012
	Carrying Amount		Debt Premium		Carrying Amount		Debt Premium		Carrying Amount		Debt Premium
	(in thousands)
Recourse to EZCORP:
Domestic line of credit up to $200,000 due 2015	$	122,500	$	—	$	114,700	$	—	$	130,000	$	—
Capital lease obligations	1,054		—		1,159		—		1,589		—
Non-recourse to EZCORP:
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $3,840 due 2014	1,562		124		2,803		210		2,629		199
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19,200 due 2015	8,929		—		58,455		9,004		16,073		—
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23,035 due 2017	23,035		—		6,903		—		11,263		—
Consumer loans facility due 2017	32,251		—		—		—		32,679		—
10% unsecured notes due 2013	508		—		1,570		—		1,766		—
15% unsecured notes due 2013	13,272		514		—		—		14,262		1,334
16% unsecured notes due 2013	—		—		5,013		174		5,248		108
20% unsecured notes due 2013	—		—		11,725		1,511		—		—
10% unsecured notes due 2014	9,008		—		906		—		963		—
11% unsecured notes due 2014	111		—		—		—		—		—
8.5 % unsecured notes due 2015	15,905		—		—		—		—		—
10% unsecured notes due 2015	421		—		402		—		427		—
15% secured notes due 2015	4,275		436		—		—		4,488		597
18% secured notes due 2015	—		—		4,273		611		—		—
10% unsecured notes due 2016	122		—		116		—		123		—
Total long-term obligations	232,953		1,074		208,025		11,510		221,510		2,238
Less current portion	34,058		815		31,521		—		21,679		1,497
Total long-term and capital lease obligations	$	198,895	$	259	$	176,504	$	11,510	$	199,831	$	741