Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Details Textual) (USD $)				1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member] Maximum [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member] 15% secured notes due 2015 [Member]	May 10, 2011 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] banks	Dec. 31, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	May 31, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Letter of Credit [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2016 [Member]	Jul. 10, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	May 15, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [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
Line of credit potential maximum					225,000,000
Debt repaid and retired					17,500,000
Interest rate description					LIBOR plus 200 to 275 basis points or the banks' base rate plus 100 to 175 basis points
Commitment fee description					commitment fee of 37.5 to 50.0 basis points depending on our leverage ratio calculated at the end of each quarter
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding						146,500,000				3,100,000							32,100,000
Remaining borrowing capacity						50,400,000
Ownership percentage interest	60.00%
Interest rate to the lenders		5.00%	10.00%					2.00%	2.75%									2.50%
Bank base rate								1.00%	1.75%
Commitment fee on unused amount of credit facility								0.375%	0.50%
Frequency of periodic payment				monthly payments							monthly payments	monthly payments	monthly payments
Monthly payment				100,000							100,000	400,000	500,000
Stated interest rate				15.00%												9.00%
Expiration period														2 years
Revolving credit facility														114,800,000
Line of credit, interest rate																	6.30%
Debt, face amount															30,000,000	30,000,000
Aggregate principal amount receivable																			$ 14,000,000