Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	$ 57,224	$ 0
Liabilities to consolidated variable interest entities	63,167	0
Assets of securitization trust	73,649	46,809
Grupo Finmart Securitization Facility [Member]
Long-term debt that does not have recourse to the general credit of EZCorp, Inc.	54,045	31,951
Restricted Cash [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	1,921	0
Consumer Loans [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	16,465	0
Consumer Loan Fees and Interest Receivable, Net [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	3,058	0
Long-term Consumer Loans [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	35,780	0
Accounts Payable and Other Accrued Expenses [Member]
Liabilities to consolidated variable interest entities	2,105	0
Long term debt, Current Maturities [Member]
Liabilities to consolidated variable interest entities	25,438	0
Long Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities [Member]
Liabilities to consolidated variable interest entities	35,624	0
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Restricted Cash [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	23,592	0
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Consumer Loans [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	41,588	33,900
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Consumer Loan Fees and Interest Receivable, Net [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	5,489	7,300
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Restricted Cash, Non-current [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	133	3,509
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Other Assets [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	$ 2,847	$ 2,100
Common Stock Class A Non-voting [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Stock, shares authorized	100,000,000	55,550,000
Common Stock, shares issued	50,614,767	51,269,434
Common Stock, shares outstanding	50,614,767	51,269,434
Common Stock Class B Voting [Member]
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common Stock, shares authorized	3,000,000	3,000,000
Common Stock, shares issued	2,970,171	2,970,171
Common Stock, shares outstanding	2,970,171	2,970,171