Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Non-recourse to EZCorp (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended									0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $5.2 million due 2015 [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Feb. 17, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Apr. 26, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] 12% secured notes due 2017 [Member]	Jun. 30, 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]	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	May 15, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $3.8 million due 2014 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $19.2 million due 2015 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $5.2 million due 2016 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $23.1 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]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $19.2 million due 2015 [Member] Minimum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $19.2 million due 2015 [Member] Maximum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $5.2 million due 2015 [Member] Minimum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $5.2 million due 2015 [Member] Maximum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $5.2 million due 2016 [Member] Minimum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $5.2 million due 2016 [Member] Maximum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $3.8 million due 2014 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Foreign Currency Debt [Member] Secured foreign currency debt up to $3.8 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]
Ownership percentage interest			60.00%
Additional ownership interest acquired						16.00%
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent						76.00%	60.00%		76.00%
Basis spread on variable rate																						5.00%	10.00%	5.00%	10.00%	5.00%	10.00%	2.50%	5.00%	10.00%
Frequency of periodic payment																monthly payments		monthly payments
Monthly payment					$ 600,000					$ 100,000	$ 1,000,000					$ 200,000	$ 600,000	$ 100,000	$ 1,900,000
Stated interest rate										12.00%	12.00%				9.00%				14.50%
lending period												2 years	2 years
Additional collection rights												115,400,000
Proceeds from issuance of debt	102,138,000	21,637,000																													35,500,000	20,600,000
Restricted cash primarily for collection rights on additional eligible loans								17,900,000
Restricted cash for interest and trust maintenance costs								2,700,000
Deferred financing costs														2,600,000
Long-term Debt														56,100,000
Interest rate at period end														5.80%
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