Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Recourse to EZCORP (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jul. 02, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	May 10, 2011 banks	Sep. 30, 2014	May 31, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of credit facility	$ 0	$ 74,908,000
2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate				2.125%
Convertible senior notes issued and settled			30,000,000.0	200,000,000.0
Option to purchase additional principal				30,000,000.0
Deferred financing costs				8,900,000
Repurchase price, percent of principal amount	100.00%
Interest expense	3,300,000
Contractual interest expense	1,300,000
Debt discount amortization	2,000,000
Effective interest rate	7.00%
Remaining unamortized issuance discount period	4 years
Recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	2.125%	2.125%				2.125%
Long-term debt	187,727,000	0				185,693,000
Domestic Line of Credit [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
Repayment of credit facility				119,400,000
Domestic Line of Credit [Member] | Recourse to EZCORP [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	0	146,500,000				0
Common Class A [Member] | 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
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%
If-Converted Scenario [Member] | 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	50,200,000
Unamortized discount	42,300,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs	7,900,000
Convertible notes hedges [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cost of hedge	46,500,000
Cost of hedge, net of total proceeds from Warrants sold	21,300,000
Convertible notes hedges [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount, shares	14,300,000
Strike price	16.065
Net-share-settled Warrants [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum shares called by warrant	14,300,000
Strike price for warrants (in dollars per share)	$ 20.83
Net proceeds from sale of warrants	25,100,000
Warrants outstanding	14,317,000
Long-term debt, less current maturities [Member] | Convertible notes embedded derivative [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value, derivative liability				46,500,000
Long-term debt, less current maturities [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Convertible notes embedded derivative [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value, derivative liability	45,163,000	0				36,994,000
Other assets, net [Member] | Not Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Convertible notes hedges [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value, asset of derivative instruments	$ 45,163,000	$ 0				$ 36,994,000