Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Details Textual) (USD $)	6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended				6 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		6 Months Ended													0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member]	May 10, 2011 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] banks	Mar. 31, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	May 31, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Letter of Credit [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2015 [Member]	Feb. 17, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] 12% secured notes due 2017 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] 12% unsecured notes due 2019 [Member]	Jul. 10, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member]	Feb. 17, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	May 15, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2016 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 EZCorp, Inc [Member]	May 15, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] EZCorp, Inc [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 LIBOR [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 LIBOR [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Base Rate [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Base Rate [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2015 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2015 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2016 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2016 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Feb. 17, 2014 Unrestricted Cash [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	Feb. 17, 2014 Restricted Cash [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [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
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding							83,000,000				3,100,000
Remaining borrowing capacity							113,900,000
Ownership percentage interest					60.00%
Basis spread on variable rate																										2.00%	2.75%	1.00%	1.75%	5.00%	10.00%	5.00%	10.00%	5.00%	10.00%	2.50%	5.00%	10.00%
Commitment fee on unused amount of credit facility									0.375%	0.50%
Frequency of periodic payment																				monthly payments		monthly payments
Monthly payment												500,000		100,000	1,000,000					100,000	500,000	100,000	1,900,000
Stated interest rate														12.00%	12.00%				9.00%				14.50%
lending period																2 years	2 years
Deferred financing costs																		2,500,000
Additional collection rights																114,600,000
Proceeds from issuance of debt	86,661,000	1,172,000																																					35,200,000	20,500,000
Restricted cash primarily for collection rights on additional eligible loans													17,800,000
Restricted cash for interest and trust maintenance costs													2,700,000
Long-term Debt																		55,700,000
Interest rate at period end																		6.30%
Debt, face amount																			30,000,000
Aggregate principal amount purchased by EZCorp																									14,000,000
Proceeds from sale of note																								11,700,000
Loss on sale of receivable to third party			$ 700,000	$ 700,000