Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 103,454	$ 100,082	$ 209,041	$ 194,686
Jewelry scrapping sales	26,193	42,582	53,896	87,291
Pawn service charges	59,162	62,015	123,295	127,415
Consumer loan fees and interest	64,785	60,751	131,114	123,885
Other revenues	6,106	2,684	11,711	7,498
Total revenues	259,700	268,114	529,057	540,775
Merchandise cost of goods sold	63,857	58,716	127,445	113,661
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	20,111	29,311	40,131	60,616
Consumer loan bad debt	10,422	8,457	28,854	21,978
Net revenues	165,310	171,630	332,627	344,520
Operating expenses:
Operations	108,064	101,831	220,833	205,116
Administrative	20,032	8,603	35,777	22,274
Depreciation	7,539	7,071	15,005	13,631
Amortization	1,975	1,316	3,915	2,030
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	342	13	(5,948)	42
Total operating expenses	137,952	118,834	269,582	243,093
Operating income	27,358	52,796	63,045	101,427
Interest expense, net	5,275	3,753	9,607	7,390
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(492)	(4,125)	(1,763)	(9,163)
Impairment of investments	7,940	0	7,940	0
Other expense (income)	1,324	405	1,156	(96)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	13,311	52,763	46,105	103,296
Income tax expense	4,204	16,273	14,085	32,945
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	9,107	36,490	32,020	70,351
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax	(40)	(1,610)	1,442	(3,316)
Net income	9,067	34,880	33,462	67,035
Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests	1,075	899	2,901	2,337
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	7,992	33,981	30,561	64,698
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.66	$ 0.53	$ 1.28
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ (0.03)	$ 0.03	$ (0.06)
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.63	$ 0.56	$ 1.22
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.66	$ 0.53	$ 1.28
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.00	$ (0.03)	$ 0.03	$ (0.06)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.63	$ 0.56	$ 1.22
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	54,374	54,172	54,353	53,099
Diluted (in shares)	54,586	54,252	54,583	53,172
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc., net of tax	8,032	35,591	29,119	68,014
(Loss) income from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc., net of tax	$ (40)	$ (1,610)	$ 1,442	$ (3,316)