Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member] Maximum [Member]	May 10, 2011 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] banks	Sep. 30, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	May 31, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Letter of Credit [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 15% secured notes due 2015 [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 29, 2012 Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 28, 2012 Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jul. 10, 2012 Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non Recourse Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Non Recourse Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non Recourse Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Non Recourse Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non Recourse Debt [Member] 15% secured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Non Recourse Debt [Member] 15% secured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non Recourse Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Non Recourse Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non Recourse Debt [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Non Recourse Debt [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non Recourse Debt [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Non Recourse Debt [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Oct. 02, 2012 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	May 15, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	May 15, 2013 EZCorp, Inc [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of banks involved in line of credit facility							5
Maturity period of new credit agreement							4 years
Borrowing capacity							$ 175,000,000		$ 200,000,000
Revolving credit facility																			22,000,000	14,600,000	114,100,000	4,000,000		19,000,000				23,000,000
Line of credit potential maximum							225,000,000
Term loan outstanding							17,500,000
Interest rate description							LIBOR plus 200 to 275 basis points or the banks' base rate plus 100 to 175 basis points
Interest rate to the lenders					6.00%	9.00%				2.00%	2.75%																							6.00%						2.50%
Bank base rate										1.00%	1.75%
Commitment fee description							commitment fee of 37.5 to 50 basis points depending on our leverage ratio calculated at the end of each quarter
Commitment fee on unused amount of credit facility										0.375%	0.50%
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding								140,900,000				1,800,000																									32,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity								57,300,000
Ownership interest				60.00%
Extended term of payment																			6 months
Frequency of periodic payment													monthly payments	monthly payments				monthly payments
Monthly payment													100,000	900,000				100,000
Debt premium	724,000	2,238,000		17,300,000															2,800,000			99,000	199,000	0	0	381,000	597,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Expiration period																					2 years
Stated interest rate																	18.00%	15.00%								15.00%						9.00%							9.00%
Line of credit, interest rate																10.20%			14.50%	20.00%																	6.50%
Amortization of debt premium	248,000	15,091,000	0												4,400,000
Long-term debt																						1,207,000	2,629,000	6,281,000	16,073,000	4,185,000	4,488,000	22,822,000	11,263,000	31,951,000	32,679,000	16,068,000	0		32,000,000	32,700,000
Debt, face amount																																						30,000,000	30,000,000
Aggregate principal amount receivable																																									$ 14,000,000