Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended												6 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenues:
Merchandise sales		$ 89,170	$ 103,454	$ 105,587		$ 86,576	$ 100,082	$ 94,604		$ 75,286	$ 94,495								$ 388,022	$ 368,085	$ 333,064
Jewelry scrapping sales		20,273	26,193	27,703		26,288	42,582	44,709		40,530	51,672								96,243	131,702	202,481
Pawn service charges		59,917	59,162	64,133		60,397	62,015	65,400		55,656	55,925								248,378	251,354	233,538
Consumer loan fees and interest		52,734	54,777	55,204		47,905	50,478	54,198		45,809	46,325								220,141	211,625	187,748
Other revenues		1,040	1,545	1,129		2,285	1,733	2,328		1,321	819								4,862	7,402	3,886
Total revenues	$ 235,625	223,134	245,131	253,756	$ 228,588	223,451	256,890	261,239	$ 248,344	218,602	249,236								957,646	970,168	960,717
Merchandise cost of goods sold		56,014	64,223	64,141		51,050	58,716	54,945		43,842	55,594								248,637	218,617	190,637
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold		15,131	20,111	20,020		20,377	29,311	31,305		27,115	31,233								72,836	96,133	130,715
Consumer loan bad debt		16,401	10,876	18,188		10,296	9,321	13,887		9,340	7,121								65,944	52,494	43,441
Net revenues	133,313	135,588	149,921	151,407	140,552	141,728	159,542	161,102	150,808	138,305	155,288								570,229	602,924	595,924
Operating expenses:
Operations		103,198	101,107	105,361		98,698	94,829	98,420		82,268	83,045								417,066	390,200	328,849
Administrative		14,205	19,996	15,724		12,631	8,594	13,580		9,857	11,998								62,096	52,339	47,873
Depreciation		7,460	7,414	7,340		7,251	6,950	6,465		5,755	5,220								29,801	27,858	21,851
Amortization		1,306	1,393	1,365		962	687	688		1,206	1,692								5,475	3,485	1,956
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets		134	87	(6,290)		178	13	29		90	14								(5,629)	1,359	(249)
Restructuring	6,700																		6,664	0	0
Total operating expenses	135,673	126,303	129,997	123,500	125,266	119,720	111,073	119,182	103,937	99,176	101,969								515,473	475,241	400,280
Operating income		9,285	19,924	27,907		22,008	48,469	41,920		39,129	53,319								54,756	127,683	195,644
Interest expense (income), net		7,062	5,959	4,854		3,637	3,754	3,637		898	2,246								27,090	15,168	(1,549)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates		(2,117)	(492)	(1,271)		(4,328)	(4,125)	(5,038)		(4,197)	(4,577)		$ (1,763)	$ (9,163)	$ (8,738)	$ (3,880)	$ (13,491)	$ (12,935)	(5,948)	(13,240)	(16,038)
Impairment of investments			7,940		43,200								7,940			7,940			7,940	43,198	0
Other expense (income)		265	442	(168)		96	405	(501)		483	802								480	2,077	(888)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	(9,448)	4,075	6,075	24,492	(34,380)	22,603	48,435	43,822	56,272	41,945	54,848	$ 61,054							25,194	80,480	214,119
Income tax expense	(825)	406	852	4,823	(11,196)	7,362	15,765	14,267	16,190	13,677	17,713								5,256	26,198	67,665
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	(8,623)	3,669	5,223	19,669	(23,184)	15,241	32,670	29,555	40,081	28,268	37,135								19,938	54,282	146,454
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(86,579)	(2,076)	(634)	(2,735)	(4,996)	(22,289)	(3,425)	(2,562)		(1,510)	(871)								(92,024)	(33,272)	(5,343)
Net (loss) income	(95,202)	1,593	4,589	16,934	(28,180)	(7,048)	29,245	26,993		26,758	36,264		21,523	56,238	75,616	23,116	49,190	102,374	(72,086)	21,010	141,111
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	(1,701)	(2,337)	(1,553)	(1,796)	(101)	(152)	(995)	26		910	(1,175)								(7,387)	(1,222)	4,119
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest					(36)	54	12	(106)		19									0	(76)	147
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (93,501)	$ 3,930	$ 6,142	$ 18,730	$ (28,043)	$ (6,950)	$ 30,228	$ 27,073	$ 34,225	$ 25,829	$ 37,439		$ 24,872	$ 57,301	$ 76,791	$ 28,802	$ 50,351	$ 102,620	$ (64,699)	$ 22,308	$ 136,845
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.13)	$ 0.11	$ 0.12	$ 0.40	$ (0.42)	$ 0.28	$ 0.63	$ 0.57		$ 0.53	$ 0.75								$ 0.50	$ 1.03	$ 2.80
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(1.62)	(0.04)	(0.01)	(0.05)	(0.10)	(0.41)	(0.06)	(0.05)		(0.03)	(0.02)								(1.70)	(0.62)	(0.11)
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	(1.75)	0.07	0.11	0.35	(0.52)	(0.13)	0.57	0.52		0.50	0.73								(1.20)	0.41	2.69
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(0.13)	0.11	0.12	0.39	(0.43)	0.28	0.63	0.57		0.53	0.75								0.50	1.03	2.78
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(1.62)	(0.04)	(0.01)	(0.05)	(0.10)	(0.41)	(0.06)	(0.05)		(0.03)	(0.02)								(1.69)	(0.62)	(0.11)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ (1.75)	$ 0.07	$ 0.11	$ 0.34	$ (0.53)	$ (0.13)	$ 0.57	$ 0.52	$ 0.67	$ 0.50	$ 0.73								$ (1.19)	$ 0.41	$ 2.67
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)																			54,148	53,657	50,877
Diluted (in shares)																			54,292	53,737	51,133
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.		$ 6,006	$ 6,776	$ 21,465		$ 15,393	$ 33,665	$ 29,529		$ 27,358	$ 38,310								$ 27,325	$ 55,504	$ 142,335
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.		$ (2,076)	$ (634)	$ (2,735)		$ (22,343)	$ (3,437)	$ (2,456)		$ (1,529)	$ (871)								$ (92,024)	$ (33,196)	$ (5,490)