Restatement of Consolidated Financial Statements - Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended												6 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
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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
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)
As Previously Reported [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales		89,170	103,454	105,587		86,576	100,082	94,604		75,286	94,495								387,331	368,766	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		52,459	55,865	60,117		51,450	53,180	56,063		47,877	48,427								219,535	219,752	190,746
Other revenues		10,783	6,008	5,499		1,985	2,104	4,706		1,321	819								37,045	8,547	4,673
Total revenues	$ 242,209	232,602	250,682	263,039	$ 227,980	226,696	259,963	265,482	$ 247,959	220,670	251,338								988,532	980,121	964,502
Merchandise cost of goods sold		55,751	63,857	63,588		51,050	58,716	54,945		43,842	55,594								247,393	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		11,769	8,235	15,574		9,496	5,793	10,143		9,431	5,999								53,206	40,667	35,639
Net revenues	142,810	149,951	158,479	163,857	143,699	145,773	166,143	169,089	157,194	140,282	158,512								615,097	624,704	607,511
Operating expenses:
Operations		103,788	101,471	104,955		98,320	94,779	98,419		82,252	83,011								420,350	389,386	328,793
Administrative		14,467	20,032	15,745		12,644	8,603	13,671		9,857	11,998								61,819	52,474	47,912
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																			6,664
Total operating expenses	137,813	127,155	130,397	123,115	124,903	119,355	111,032	119,272	103,970	99,160	101,935								518,480	474,562	400,263
Operating income		22,796	28,082	40,742		26,418	55,111	49,817		41,122	56,577								96,617	150,142	207,248
Interest expense (income), net		6,076	5,275	4,334		3,637	3,754	3,637		898	2,246								22,832	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)	(11,878)	(17,400)
Impairment of investments			7,940										7,940			7,940			7,940	44,598
Other expense (income)		(370)	1,324	(168)		96	405	(501)		483	802								(907)	(205)	(888)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	1,611	19,207	14,035	37,847	(31,350)	27,013	55,077	51,719	63,987	43,938	58,106	61,054							72,700	102,459	227,085
Income tax expense	2,342	4,303	4,203	9,958	(12,062)	8,956	16,072	16,616	18,501	12,717	19,862								20,806	29,582	71,165
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	(731)	14,904	9,832	27,889	(19,288)	18,057	39,005	35,103	45,486	31,221	38,244								51,894	72,877	155,920
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		(2,561)	(765)	(3,494)		(22,897)	(4,125)	(2,948)		(1,510)	(871)								(93,426)	(34,452)	(5,343)
Net (loss) income		12,343	9,067	24,395		(4,840)	34,880	32,155		29,711	37,373		33,462	67,035	76,725	45,805	62,195	106,436	(41,532)	38,425	150,577
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		837	1,075	1,826		996	897	1,547		1,169	112								4,208	4,424	6,722
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest						45	2	(109)		19										(76)	147
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (87,807)	$ 11,506	$ 7,992	$ 22,569	$ (24,740)	$ (5,881)	$ 33,981	$ 30,717	$ 38,572	$ 28,523	$ 37,261		30,561	64,698	76,613	42,067	58,817	105,136	$ (45,740)	$ 34,077	$ 143,708
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)		$ 0.26	$ 0.16	$ 0.48		$ 0.31	$ 0.71	$ 0.64		$ 0.59	$ 0.75								$ 0.88	$ 1.28	$ 2.93
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		(0.05)	(0.01)	(0.06)		(0.42)	(0.08)	(0.05)		(0.03)	(0.02)								(1.72)	(0.64)	(0.11)
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)		0.21	0.15	0.42		(0.11)	0.63	0.59		0.56	0.73								(0.84)	0.64	2.82
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)		0.26	0.16	0.48		0.31	0.71	0.64		0.59	0.75								0.88	1.27	2.92
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		(0.05)	(0.01)	(0.06)		(0.42)	(0.08)	(0.05)		(0.03)	(0.02)								(1.72)	(0.64)	(0.11)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ (1.64)	$ 0.21	$ 0.15	$ 0.42	$ (0.46)	$ (0.11)	$ 0.63	$ 0.59	$ 0.75	$ 0.56	$ 0.73								$ (0.84)	$ 0.63	$ 2.81
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.		$ 14,067	$ 8,757	$ 26,063		$ 17,061	$ 38,108	$ 33,556		$ 30,052	$ 38,132								$ 47,686	$ 68,453	$ 149,198
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.		(2,561)	(765)	(3,494)		(22,942)	(4,127)	(2,839)		(1,529)	(871)								(93,426)	(34,376)	(5,490)
Effect of Restatement [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0								691	(681)	0
Jewelry scrapping sales		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0
Pawn service charges		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0
Consumer loan fees and interest		275	(1,088)	(4,913)		(3,545)	(2,702)	(1,865)		(2,068)	(2,102)								606	(8,127)	(2,998)
Other revenues		(9,743)	(4,463)	(4,370)		300	(371)	(2,378)		0	0								(32,183)	(1,145)	(787)
Total revenues	$ (6,584)	(9,468)	(5,551)	(9,283)	$ (2,923)	(3,245)	(3,073)	(4,243)	$ 385	(2,068)	(2,102)								(30,886)	(9,953)	(3,785)
Merchandise cost of goods sold		263	366	553		0	0	0		0	0								1,244	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0
Consumer loan bad debt		4,632	2,641	2,614		800	3,528	3,744		(91)	1,122								12,738	11,827	7,802
Net revenues	(9,497)	(14,363)	(8,558)	(12,450)	(3,147)	(4,045)	(6,601)	(7,987)	(6,386)	(1,977)	(3,224)								(44,868)	(21,780)	(11,587)
Operating expenses:
Operations		(590)	(364)	406		378	50	1		16	34								(3,284)	814	56
Administrative		(262)	(36)	(21)		(13)	(9)	(91)		0	0								277	(135)	(39)
Depreciation		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0
Amortization		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0								0	0	0
Restructuring																			0
Total operating expenses	(2,140)	(852)	(400)	385	363	365	41	(90)	(33)	16	34								(3,007)	679	17
Operating income		(13,511)	(8,158)	(12,835)		(4,410)	(6,642)	(7,897)		(1,993)	(3,258)								(41,861)	(22,459)	(11,604)
Interest expense (income), net		986	684	520		0	0	0		0	0								4,258	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	(1,362)	1,362
Impairment of investments			0										0			0			0	(1,400)
Other expense (income)		635	(882)	0		0	0	0		0	0								1,387	2,282	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	(11,059)	(15,132)	(7,960)	(13,355)	(3,030)	(4,410)	(6,642)	(7,897)	(7,715)	(1,993)	(3,258)	$ 0							(47,506)	(21,979)	(12,966)
Income tax expense	(3,167)	(3,897)	(3,351)	(5,135)	866	(1,594)	(307)	(2,349)	(2,311)	960	(2,149)								(15,550)	(3,384)	(3,500)
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	(7,892)	(11,235)	(4,609)	(8,220)	(3,896)	(2,816)	(6,335)	(5,548)	(5,405)	(2,953)	(1,109)								(31,956)	(18,595)	(9,466)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		485	131	759		608	700	386		0	0								1,402	1,180	0
Net (loss) income		(10,750)	(4,478)	(7,461)		(2,208)	(5,635)	(5,162)		(2,953)	(1,109)		(11,939)	(10,797)	(1,109)	(22,689)	(13,005)	(4,062)	(30,554)	(17,415)	(9,466)
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		(3,174)	(2,628)	(3,622)		(1,148)	(1,892)	(1,521)		(259)	(1,287)								(11,595)	(5,646)	(2,603)
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest						9	10	3		0										0	0
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (5,694)	$ (7,576)	$ (1,850)	$ (3,839)	$ (3,303)	$ (1,069)	$ (3,753)	$ (3,644)	$ (4,347)	$ (2,694)	$ 178		$ (5,689)	$ (7,397)	$ 178	$ (13,265)	$ (8,466)	$ (2,516)	$ (18,959)	$ (11,769)	$ (6,863)
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)		$ (0.15)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.08)		$ (0.03)	$ (0.08)	$ (0.07)		$ (0.06)	$ 0.00								$ (0.38)	$ (0.25)	$ (0.13)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		0.01	0.00	0.01		0.01	0.02	0.00		0.00	0.00								0.02	0.02	0.00
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)		(0.14)	(0.04)	(0.07)		(0.02)	(0.06)	(0.07)		(0.06)	0.00								(0.36)	(0.23)	(0.13)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)		(0.15)	(0.04)	(0.09)		(0.03)	(0.08)	(0.07)		(0.06)	0.00								(0.38)	(0.24)	(0.14)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		0.01	0.00	0.01		0.01	0.02	0.00		0.00	0.00								0.03	0.02	0.00
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ (0.14)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.08)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.06)	$ (0.07)	$ (0.08)	$ (0.06)	$ 0.00								$ (0.35)	$ (0.22)	$ (0.14)
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.		$ (8,061)	$ (1,981)	$ (4,598)		$ (1,668)	$ (4,443)	$ (4,027)		$ (2,694)	$ 178								$ (20,361)	$ (12,949)	$ (6,863)
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.		$ 485	$ 131	$ 759		$ 599	$ 690	$ 383		$ 0	$ 0								$ 1,402	$ 1,180	$ 0