Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Recourse to EZCORP (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2014 USD ($)	May. 10, 2011 USD ($) banks	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) day $ / shares $ / share shares	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 27, 2014 USD ($)	May. 31, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of credit facility				$ 74,908,000	$ 61,852,000	$ 273,070,000	$ 194,805,000	$ 318,227,000	$ 530,800,000	$ 385,964,000	$ 502,575,000	$ 500,800,000	$ 470,000,000	$ 679,986,000
Net proceeds from sale of warrants									25,106,000			25,106,000
Debt discount amortization				$ (432,000)	$ (8,627,000)	$ (170,000)	$ (9,297,000)	$ (1,612,000)	$ (68,000)	$ (9,978,000)	$ (3,324,000)	$ 2,611,000	$ (248,000)	$ (15,091,000)
2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible senior notes issued and settled	$ 30,000,000		$ 200,000,000.0
Stated interest rate			2.125%						2.125%			2.125%
Option to purchase additional principal			$ 30,000,000						$ 30,000,000						$ 30,000,000
Deferred financing costs			9,900,000						9,900,000
Repurchase price, percent of principal amount												100.00%
Interest expense, debt, if converted												$ 53,700,000
Interest expense												3,500,000
Unamortized debt discount												44,300,000
Deferred finance costs, net, if converted												9,400,000
Contractual interest expense												1,400,000
Debt discount amortization												$ 2,100,000
Effective interest rate												7.00%
Remaining unamortized issuance discount period												5 years
Recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate												2.125%	2.125%
Long-term debt												$ 185,693,000	$ 0
Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of banks involved in line of credit facility | banks		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
Debt repaid and retired		$ 17,500,000
Repayment of credit facility			119,400,000
Domestic Line of Credit [Member] | Recourse to EZCORP [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt												0	$ 140,900,000
Convertible notes embedded derivative [Member] | Long-term debt, less current maturities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value, derivative liability			$ 46,500,000						$ 46,500,000
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] | Other assets, net [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value, asset of derivative instruments												$ 37,000,000
Common Class A [Member] | 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion rate per $1000 principal amount												62.2471
Conversion price, per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares												$ 16.065
Trading day observation period												80 days
Threshold trading days (whether or not consecutive) | day												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												98.00%
Common Class A [Member] | Convertible notes hedges [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount, shares | shares												14.3
Strike price | $ / share												16.065
Net-share-settled Warrants [Member] | Common Class A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum shares called by warrant | shares												14.3
Strike price for warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares												$ 20.83
Net proceeds from sale of warrants												$ 25,100,000
Warrants outstanding | shares												14.3
Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt extinguishment expense												$ 700,000
Minimum [Member] | Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee on unused amount of credit facility												0.375%
Minimum [Member] | Domestic Line of Credit [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate												2.00%
Minimum [Member] | Domestic Line of Credit [Member] | Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate												1.00%
Maximum [Member] | Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee on unused amount of credit facility												0.50%
Maximum [Member] | Domestic Line of Credit [Member] | LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate												2.75%
Maximum [Member] | Domestic Line of Credit [Member] | Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate												1.75%