Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Non-Recourse to EZCORP (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended																			0 Months Ended					12 Months Ended						0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended							0 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [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 $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] 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]	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] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Feb. 17, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Apr. 26, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Apr. 02, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2014 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $23 million due 2017 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] 12% secured notes due 2016 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] 12% secured notes due 2020 [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]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member]	May 15, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured Foreign Currency Debt [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 EZCorp, Inc [Member]	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2014 [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2016 [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $4 million due 2014 [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2014 [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Grupo Finmart [Member] Secured foreign currency line of credit up to $9 million due 2016 [Member] Mexican Interbank Equilibrium [Member]	May 15, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] EZCorp, Inc [Member] 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [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]
Acquisition interest																																						60.00%
Additional ownership interest acquired																					16.00%	16.00%
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent																					76.00%	76.00%	76.00%	60.00%
Loans pledged as collateral																																				$ 13,900,000
Collateralized cash																																				37,700,000
Basis spread on variable rate																																		2.50%					3.00%	3.00%	3.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Monthly payment																									100,000	100,000	200,000	1,900,000	200,000	1,200,000
Stated interest rate										12.00%	12.00%	12.00%	12.00%					9.00%	9.00%									14.50%	12.00%	12.00%					9.00%
Term of debt																															2 years		2 years
Additional collection rights																															115,400,000
Proceeds from issuance of debt																																														35,500,000	20,600,000
Restricted cash primarily for collection rights on additional eligible loans																				17,900,000
Delivery to trust, period																				12 months
Restricted cash for interest and trust maintenance costs																				2,700,000
Term of agreement																																2 years
Deferred financing costs																																	2,600,000
Long-term debt		63,000	1,207,000	86,000	0	4,796,000	0	22,240,000	22,822,000	3,881,000	0	22,314,000	0	0	31,951,000	54,045,000	0	29,875,000	16,068,000
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