Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Recourse to EZCORP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Recourse to EZCORP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] Cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] Cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Recourse to EZCORP [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $5 million due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 10% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 10% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 15% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 15% unsecured notes due 2013 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 10% unsecured notes due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 10% unsecured notes due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 11% unsecured notes due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 11% unsecured notes due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 10% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 10% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 11% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 11% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 15% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 15% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 10% unsecured notes due 2017 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 10% unsecured notes due 2017 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 12% secured notes due 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 12% secured notes due 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 12% secured notes due 2020 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 12% secured notes due 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity											$ 200,000,000	$ 200,000,000
Maximum borrowing capacity													4,000,000	4,000,000	9,000,000	9,000,000	5,000,000	5,000,000	9,000,000	9,000,000	23,000,000	23,000,000
Stated interest rate			2.125%	2.125%			2.125%	2.125%																			10.00%	10.00%	15.00%	15.00%	10.00%	10.00%	11.00%	11.00%	9.00%	9.00%	10.00%	10.00%	11.00%	11.00%	15.00%	15.00%	10.00%	10.00%	12.00%	12.00%	12.00%	12.00%
Carrying Amount							185,693,000	0	36,994,000	0	0	140,900,000	63,000	1,207,000	86,000	0	0	6,281,000	4,796,000	0	22,240,000	22,822,000	0	31,951,000	54,045,000	0	0	503,000	0	12,884,000	1,158,000	8,925,000	0	110,000	29,875,000	16,068,000	943,000	418,000	4,897,000	0	0	4,185,000	118,000	121,000	3,881,000	0	22,314,000	0
Capital lease obligations					418,000	924,000
Total	367,521,000	247,299,000
Less current portion	11,091,000	30,969,000
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	356,430,000	216,330,000
Debt premium (discount)	(44,130,000)	724,000			0	0	(44,307,000)	0	0	0	0	0	3,000	99,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	244,000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	381,000	0	0	174,000	0	0	0
Debt premium (discount), current	177,000	543,000
Debt premium (discount), noncurrent	$ (44,307,000)	$ 181,000