Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long term debt instruments

The following table presents our long-term debt instruments and balances under capital lease obligations outstanding at June 30, 2014 and 2013 and September 30, 2013.

	June 30, 2014					June 30, 2013				September 30, 2013
	Carrying Amount		Debt Premium (Discount)			Carrying Amount		Debt Premium		Carrying Amount		Debt Premium
	(in thousands)
Recourse to EZCORP:
Domestic line of credit up to $200 million due 2015	$	—	$	—		$	122,500	$	—	$	140,900	$	—
2.125% Cash Convertible Senior Notes Due 2019	183,694		(46,306		)	—		—		—		—
Cash Convertible Senior Notes Due 2019 embedded derivative	46,454		—			—		—		—		—
Capital lease obligations	520		—			1,054		—		924		—
Non-recourse to EZCORP:
Secured foreign currency debt up to $3.8 million due 2014	251		28			1,562		124		1,207		99
Secured foreign currency debt up to $5.2 million due 2015	1,218		—			8,929		—		6,281		—
Secured foreign currency debt up to $19.2 million due 2015	5,516		—			—		—		—		—
Secured foreign currency debt up to $5.2 million due 2016	747		—			—		—		—		—
Secured foreign currency debt up to $23.1 million due 2017	23,077		—			23,035		—		22,822		—
Consumer loans facility due 2017	—		—			32,251		—		31,951		—
Consumer loans facility due 2019	56,075		—			—		—		—		—
10% unsecured notes due 2013	—		—			508		—		503		—
15% unsecured notes due 2013	—		—			13,272		514		12,884		244
10% unsecured notes due 2014	6,528		—			9,008		—		8,925		—
11% unsecured notes due 2014	111		—			111		—		110		—
9% unsecured notes due 2015	29,933		—			15,905		—		16,068		—
10% unsecured notes due 2015	700		—			421		—		418		—
15% secured notes due 2015	—		—			4,275		436		4,185		381
10% unsecured notes due 2016	122		—			122		—		121		—
12% secured notes due 2017	4,078		232			—		—		—		—
12% secured notes due 2019	23,153		—			—		—		—		—
Total long-term obligations	382,177		(46,046		)	232,953		1,074		247,299		724
Less current portion	21,549		233			34,058		815		30,969		543
Total long-term and capital lease obligations	$	360,628	$	(46,279	)	$	198,895	$	259	$	216,330	$	181