Condensed Consolidating Financial Information (Details 1) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 86,576	$ 75,286	$ 281,262	$ 256,271
Jewelry scrapping sales	26,288	40,530	113,579	147,066
Pawn service charges	60,397	55,656	187,812	170,880
Consumer loan fees	59,234	51,753	183,119	143,594
Other revenues	2,671	1,348	10,169	3,351
Total revenues	235,166	224,573	775,941	721,162
Merchandise cost of goods sold	51,050	43,842	164,711	147,621
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	20,377	27,116	80,993	92,807
Consumer loan bad debt	12,518	10,689	34,496	27,269
Net revenues	151,221	142,926	495,741	453,465
Operating expenses:
Operations	104,230	85,200	309,346	248,014
Administrative	12,644	9,857	34,918	33,509
Depreciation and amortization	8,968	7,019	24,629	18,965
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	178	313	220	108
Total operating expenses	126,020	102,389	369,113	300,596
Operating income	25,201	40,537	126,628	152,869
Interest expense (income)	3,637	897	11,027	3,694
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(4,328)	(4,197)	(13,491)	(12,935)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Other income	96	160	0	(157)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	25,796	43,677	129,092	162,267
Income tax expense	9,139	12,718	42,084	52,664
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	16,657	30,959	87,008	109,603
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(21,497)	(1,248)	(24,813)	(3,167)
Net (loss) income	(4,840)	29,711	62,195	106,436
Net income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	1,041	1,188	3,378	1,300
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP	(5,881)	28,523	58,817	105,136
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	5	0	20,144
Total revenues	0	5	0	20,144
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	5	0	20,144
Operating expenses:
Operations	0	0	0	0
Administrative	(34)	0	(137)	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0	0	0
Total operating expenses	(34)	0	(137)	0
Operating income	34	5	137	20,144
Interest expense (income)	982	877	2,958	(1,392)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(2,836)	(2,247)	(9,062)	(6,725)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	1,242	(38,479)	(86,944)	(126,006)
Other income	0	0	0	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	646	39,854	93,185	154,267
Income tax expense	7,365	11,363	35,378	49,024
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	(6,719)	28,491	57,807	105,243
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	838	32	1,010	(107)
Net (loss) income	(5,881)	28,523	58,817	105,136
Net income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	0
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP	(5,881)	28,523	58,817	105,136
Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	70,948	64,852	236,080	225,481
Jewelry scrapping sales	26,141	37,108	108,292	138,600
Pawn service charges	52,505	49,969	165,202	154,823
Consumer loan fees	38,002	35,651	120,467	116,351
Other revenues	930	2,002	4,859	3,833
Total revenues	188,526	189,582	634,900	639,088
Merchandise cost of goods sold	41,532	37,950	138,142	131,084
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	20,178	24,218	76,621	86,475
Consumer loan bad debt	9,398	8,740	25,734	23,753
Net revenues	117,418	118,674	394,403	397,776
Operating expenses:
Operations	82,075	68,115	244,561	209,803
Administrative	12,343	9,578	34,211	31,313
Depreciation and amortization	6,761	4,752	18,514	13,295
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	133	94	160	(129)
Total operating expenses	101,312	82,539	297,446	254,282
Operating income	16,106	36,135	96,957	143,494
Interest expense (income)	(605)	(272)	(1,337)	2,870
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,492)	(1,950)	(4,429)	(6,210)
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Other income	30	501	(197)	167
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	18,173	37,856	102,920	146,667
Income tax expense	6	2	6	20,141
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	18,167	37,854	102,914	126,526
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(3,149)	(97)	(3,671)	307
Net (loss) income	15,018	37,757	99,243	126,833
Net income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	0
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP	15,018	37,757	99,243	126,833
Other Subsidiaries [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	15,628	10,434	45,182	30,790
Jewelry scrapping sales	147	3,422	5,287	8,466
Pawn service charges	7,892	5,687	22,610	16,057
Consumer loan fees	21,232	16,102	62,652	27,243
Other revenues	1,741	939	5,310	1,583
Total revenues	46,640	36,584	141,041	84,139
Merchandise cost of goods sold	9,518	5,892	26,569	16,537
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	199	2,898	4,372	6,332
Consumer loan bad debt	3,120	1,949	8,762	3,516
Net revenues	33,803	25,845	101,338	57,754
Operating expenses:
Operations	22,155	17,085	64,785	38,211
Administrative	335	1,877	844	4,266
Depreciation and amortization	2,207	2,267	6,115	5,670
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	45	219	60	237
Total operating expenses	24,742	21,448	71,804	48,384
Operating income	9,061	4,397	29,534	9,370
Interest expense (income)	3,260	292	9,406	2,216
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	0	0	0	0
Other income	66	(341)	197	(324)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	5,735	4,446	19,931	7,478
Income tax expense	1,768	1,353	6,700	3,638
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	3,967	3,093	13,231	3,840
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(19,186)	(1,183)	(22,152)	(3,367)
Net (loss) income	(15,219)	1,910	(8,921)	473
Net income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	1,041	1,188	3,378	1,300
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP	(16,260)	722	(12,299)	(827)
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	(1,598)	0	(22,209)
Total revenues	0	(1,598)	0	(22,209)
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	(1,598)	0	(22,209)
Operating expenses:
Operations	0	0	0	0
Administrative	0	(1,598)	0	(2,070)
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	0	0
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0	0	0
Total operating expenses	0	(1,598)	0	(2,070)
Operating income	0	0	0	(20,139)
Interest expense (income)	0	0	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Equity of net income in subsidiaries	(1,242)	38,479	86,944	126,006
Other income	0		0	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	1,242	(38,479)	(86,944)	(146,145)
Income tax expense	0	0	0	(20,139)
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	1,242	(38,479)	(86,944)	(126,006)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	0	0	0
Net (loss) income	1,242	(38,479)	(86,944)	(126,006)
Net income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	0
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP	$ 1,242	$ (38,479)	$ (86,944)	$ (126,006)