Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 368,766	$ 333,064	$ 281,716
Jewelry scrapping sales	131,702	202,481	204,858
Pawn service charges	251,354	233,538	199,746
Consumer loan fees and interest	248,304	200,681	164,895
Other revenues	10,181	5,359	1,583
Total revenues	1,010,307	975,123	852,798
Merchandise cost of goods sold	218,617	190,637	161,834
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	96,133	130,715	127,870
Consumer loan bad debt	54,873	39,370	36,791
Net revenues	640,684	614,401	526,303
Operating expenses:
Operations	414,225	336,348	282,395
Administrative	52,474	47,912	50,584
Depreciation	28,327	22,011	16,756
Amortization	5,233	1,956	834
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	1,434	(27)	293
Total operating expenses	501,693	408,200	350,862
Operating income	138,991	206,201	175,441
Interest expense (income)	15,166	(1,550)	1,653
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(11,878)	(17,400)	(16,237)
Impairment of investments	44,598	0	0
Other income	(205)	(1,211)	(164)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	91,310	226,362	190,189
Income tax expense	29,575	71,252	66,472
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	61,735	155,110	123,717
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(23,310)	(4,533)	(1,558)
Net income	38,425	150,577	122,159
Net income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	4,348	6,869	0
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	34,077	143,708	122,159
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 1.07	$ 2.91	$ 2.48
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.43)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.03)
Basic earnings per share	$ 0.64	$ 2.82	$ 2.45
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 1.06	$ 2.90	$ 2.46
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.43)	$ (0.09)	$ (0.03)
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.63	$ 2.81	$ 2.43
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	53,657	50,877	49,917
Diluted (in shares)	53,737	51,133	50,369
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	57,387	148,241	123,717
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (23,310)	$ (4,533)	$ (1,558)