Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Total assets of consolidated variable interest entity	$ 58,589	$ 57,224	$ 12,259
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entity	116,175	63,167	18,723
Grupo Finmart Securitization Facility [Member]
Long-term debt that does not have recourse to the general credit of EZCorp, Inc.	49,475	54,045	32,147
Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	65,131	73,649	47,370
Restricted Cash [Member]
Total assets of consolidated variable interest entity	1,903	1,921	3
Restricted Cash [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	22,457	23,592	0
Consumer Loans, Net [Member]
Total assets of consolidated variable interest entity	16,810	16,465	3,393
Consumer Loans, Net [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	35,069	41,588	34,123
Consumer Loan Fees and Interest Receivable, Net [Member]
Total assets of consolidated variable interest entity	3,579	3,058	1,034
Consumer Loan Fees and Interest Receivable, Net [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	4,937	5,489	7,060
Long-term Consumer Loans [Member]
Total assets of consolidated variable interest entity	36,297	35,780	7,829
Restricted Cash, Noncurrent [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	123	133	4,189
Other Assets [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	2,545	2,847	1,998
Accounts Payable and Other Accrued Expenses [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entity	3,007	2,105	382
Long term debt, Current Maturities [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entity	50,043	25,438	6,778
Long Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entity	$ 63,125	$ 35,624	$ 11,563
Common Stock Class A Non-voting [Member]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	100,000,000	100,000,000	56,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	50,680,358	50,614,767	51,389,307
Common stock, shares outstanding	50,680,358	50,614,767	51,389,307
Common Stock Class B Voting [Member]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	3,000,000	3,000,000	3,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	2,970,171	2,970,171	2,970,171
Common stock, shares outstanding	2,970,171	2,970,171	2,970,171