Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Recourse to EZCORP (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended					9 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended					9 Months Ended								0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	May 10, 2011 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] bank	Jun. 30, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	May 31, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Recourse to EZCORP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Recourse to EZCORP [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Recourse to EZCORP [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Base Rate [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Base Rate [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Common Class A [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] day	Jun. 30, 2014 If-Converted Scenario [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Convertible notes hedges [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Convertible notes hedges [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Net-share-settled Warrants [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Long-term debt, less current maturities [Member] Convertible notes embedded derivative [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Long-term debt, less current maturities [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Convertible notes embedded derivative [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Long-term debt, less current maturities [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Convertible notes embedded derivative [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Long-term debt, less current maturities [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Convertible notes embedded derivative [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Other assets, net [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Convertible notes hedges [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Other assets, net [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Convertible notes hedges [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Other assets, net [Member] Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Convertible notes hedges [Member]	Jul. 02, 2014 Subsequent Event [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes 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
Basis spread on variable rate																2.00%	1.00%		2.75%	1.75%
Commitment fee on unused amount of credit facility															0.375%			0.50%
Repayment of credit facility	530,800,000	385,964,000								119,400,000
Debt extinguishment expense																					700,000	700,000
Convertible senior notes issued and settled			200,000,000																																30,000,000
Stated interest rate			2.125%	2.125%	2.125%	2.125%
Option to purchase additional principal			30,000,000	30,000,000	30,000,000
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes	200,000,000	0
Deferred financing costs			9,200,000	9,200,000	9,200,000
Fair value, derivative liability																												46,500,000	46,454,000	0	0
Conversion rate per $1000 principal amount																							62.2471
Conversion price, per share (in dollars per share)																							$ 16.065
Trading day observation period																							80 days
Threshold trading days (whether or not consecutive)																							20
Threshold consecutive trading days																							30 days
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger																							130.00%
Early conversion condition, business day period																							5 days
Measurement period																							5 days
Early conversion condition, percent of product of the last reported sale price of stock and the conversion rate, less than 98%																							98.00%
Repurchase price, percent of principal amount					100.00%
Long-term Debt						183,694,000	0	0				0	140,900,000	122,500,000
Interest expense				200,000	200,000																			55,500,000
Unamortized debt discount																								46,300,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs																								9,200,000
Notional amount, shares																										14.3
Strike price																										16.065
Cost of hedge																									46,500,000
Cost of hedge, net of total proceeds from Warrants sold																									21,300,000
Fair value, asset of derivative instruments																																46,454,000	0	0
Maximum shares called by warrant																											14.3
Strike price for warrants (in dollars per share)																											20.83
Net proceeds from sale of warrants	25,106,000																										25,200,000
Warrants outstanding																											14.3
Contractual interest expense				100,000	100,000
Debt discount amortization				$ 100,000	$ 100,000
Effective interest rate			7.00%	7.00%	7.00%
Remaining unamortized issuance discount period					5 years