Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 109,639	$ 105,587
Jewelry scrapping sales	18,534	27,703
Pawn service charges	64,927	64,133
Consumer loan fees and interest	58,847	55,204
Other revenues	871	1,129
Total revenues	252,818	253,756
Merchandise cost of goods sold	72,478	64,141
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	14,675	20,020
Consumer loan bad debt	22,050	18,188
Net revenues	143,615	151,407
Operating expenses:
Operations	103,694	105,361
Administrative	8,352	15,724
Depreciation	7,573	7,340
Amortization	1,457	1,365
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	259	(6,290)
Total operating expenses	121,335	123,500
Operating income	22,280	27,907
Interest expense	12,034	5,051
Interest income	(532)	(197)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(2,194)	(1,271)
Other expense (income)	759	(168)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	12,213	24,492
Income tax expense	3,578	4,823
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	8,635	19,669
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	1,043	(2,735)
Net income	9,678	16,934
Net loss from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	(1,934)	(1,796)
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 11,612	$ 18,730
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.20	$ 0.40
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.02	(0.05)
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	0.22	0.35
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.20	0.39
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.02	(0.05)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.22	$ 0.34
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	53,650	54,332
Diluted (in shares)	53,698	54,362
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 10,569	$ 21,465
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 1,043	$ (2,735)