Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term debt instruments and balances under capital lease obligations

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

	September 30, 2013				September 30, 2012
	Carrying Amount		Debt Premium		Carrying Amount		Debt Premium
	(in thousands)
Recourse to EZCORP:
Domestic line of credit up to $200,000 due 2015	$	140,900	$	—	$	130,000	$	—
Capital lease obligations	924		—		1,589		—
Non-recourse to EZCORP:
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014	1,207		99		2,629		199
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015	6,281		—		16,073		—
Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017	22,822		—		11,263		—
Consumer loans facility due 2017	31,951		—		32,679		—
10% unsecured notes due 2013	503		—		1,766		—
15% unsecured notes due 2013	12,884		244		14,262		1,334
16% unsecured notes due 2013	—		—		5,248		108
10% unsecured notes due 2014	8,925		—		963		—
11% unsecured notes due 2014	110		—		—		—
9% unsecured notes due 2015	16,068		—		—		—
10% unsecured notes due 2015	418		—		427		—
15% secured notes due 2015	4,185		381		4,488		597
10% unsecured notes due 2016	121		—		123		—
Total long-term obligations	247,299		724		221,510		2,238
Less current portion	30,969		543		21,679		—
Total long-term and capital lease obligations	$	216,330	$	181	$	199,831	$	2,238