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	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Jul. 02, 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 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member]	Jun. 27, 2014 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [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]	May 10, 2011 Domestic Line of Credit [Member] banks	Jun. 30, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	May 31, 2013 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 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, 2014 Convertible notes embedded derivative [Member] Long-term debt, less current maturities [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Convertible notes hedges [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Convertible notes hedges [Member] Other assets, net [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Common Class A [Member] 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member] day	Sep. 30, 2014 Common Class A [Member] Convertible notes hedges [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Net-share-settled Warrants [Member] Common Class A [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Base Rate [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] Base Rate [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	500,800,000	470,000,000	679,986,000								119,400,000
Debt extinguishment expense																					700,000
Convertible senior notes issued and settled				30,000,000	200,000,000
Stated interest rate					2.125%	2.125%		2.125%	2.125%
Option to purchase additional principal					30,000,000		30,000,000
Deferred financing costs					9,900,000
Fair value, derivative liability															46,500,000
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																		98.00%
Repurchase price, percent of principal amount						100.00%
Long-term debt								185,693,000	0				0	140,900,000
Interest expense, debt, if converted						53,700,000
Interest expense						3,500,000
Unamortized debt discount						44,300,000
Deferred finance costs, net, if converted						9,400,000
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																	37,000,000
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																			25,100,000
Warrants outstanding																				14.3
Contractual interest expense						1,400,000
Debt discount amortization	$ 2,611,000	$ (248,000)	$ (15,091,000)			$ 2,100,000
Effective interest rate						7.00%
Remaining unamortized issuance discount period						5 years