Restatement of Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 77,599	$ 55,325	$ 32,689	$ 29,100
Restricted cash		60,218	63,495	8,371
Pawn loans		150,930	162,444	153,421
Consumer loans, net		61,347	63,995	62,653
Pawn service charges receivable, net		30,241	31,044	30,842
Consumer loan fees and interest receivable, net		13,199	12,647	17,415
Inventory, net		132,659	138,175	142,159
Deferred tax asset		17,572	17,572	15,302
Prepaid income taxes		52,823	57,069	21,204
Receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets		34,075	33,097	42,895
Total current assets		630,663	634,863	526,951
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates		99,219	91,781	97,424
Property and equipment, net		104,353	105,900	114,539
Restricted cash, non-current		4,310	5,070	4,189
Goodwill		337,498	346,577	434,835	433,300
Intangible assets, net		62,077	66,086	66,749
Non-current consumer loans, net		78,362	85,004	78,686
Deferred tax asset		10,617	12,142	7,543
Other assets, net		77,352	63,121	28,935
Total assets	[1],[2]	1,404,451	1,410,544	1,359,851
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity:
Current maturities of long-term debt		74,832	36,111	23,516
Current capital lease obligations		258	418	533
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		81,417	94,993	77,880
Other current liabilities		6,000	8,595	11,988
Customer layaway deposits		5,133	8,097	5,782
Total current liabilities		167,640	148,214	119,699
Long-term debt, less current maturities		387,154	392,054	246,852
Long-term capital lease obligations		0	0	253
Deferred gains and other long-term liabilities		8,446	15,172	28,524
Total liabilities	[3],[4]	$ 563,240	$ 555,440	$ 395,328
Commitments and contingencies
Temporary equity:
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		$ 18,550	$ 22,800	$ 45,825	47,297
Stockholders’ equity:
Additional paid-in capital		329,443	332,264	321,354
Retained earnings		521,198	509,586	599,978
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(28,516)	(10,082)	(3,177)
EZCORP, Inc. stockholders’ equity		822,661	832,304	918,698	$ 895,883
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		1,404,451	1,410,544	1,359,851
Common Stock Class A Non-voting [Member]
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		506	506	513
Common Stock Class B Voting [Member]
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		30	30	$ 30
As Previously Reported [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		77,599	56,329
Restricted cash		60,218
Pawn loans		150,930
Consumer loans, net		62,380
Pawn service charges receivable, net		30,241
Consumer loan fees and interest receivable, net		28,355
Inventory, net		133,986
Deferred tax asset		20,858
Prepaid income taxes		23,790
Receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets		34,195
Total current assets		622,552
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates		99,219
Property and equipment, net		104,353
Restricted cash, non-current		3,454
Goodwill		337,498
Intangible assets, net		60,739
Non-current consumer loans, net		36,449
Deferred tax asset		11,630
Other assets, net		75,489
Total assets		1,351,383
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity:
Current maturities of long-term debt		24,789
Current capital lease obligations		258
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		80,314
Other current liabilities		6,000
Customer layaway deposits		5,133
Total current liabilities		116,494
Long-term debt, less current maturities		324,029
Long-term capital lease obligations		0
Deferred gains and other long-term liabilities		10,803
Total liabilities		$ 451,326
Commitments and contingencies
Temporary equity:
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		$ 31,868
Stockholders’ equity:
Additional paid-in capital		338,667
Retained earnings		562,437
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(33,451)
EZCORP, Inc. stockholders’ equity		868,189	875,188
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		1,351,383
As Previously Reported [Member] | Common Stock Class A Non-voting [Member]
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		506
As Previously Reported [Member] | Common Stock Class B Voting [Member]
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		30
Restatement Adjustments [Member]
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		0	$ (1,004)
Restricted cash		0
Pawn loans		0
Consumer loans, net		(1,033)
Pawn service charges receivable, net		0
Consumer loan fees and interest receivable, net		(15,156)
Inventory, net		(1,327)
Deferred tax asset		(3,286)
Prepaid income taxes		29,033
Receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets		(120)
Total current assets		8,111
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates		0
Property and equipment, net		0
Restricted cash, non-current		856
Goodwill		0
Intangible assets, net		1,338
Non-current consumer loans, net		41,913
Deferred tax asset		(1,013)
Other assets, net		1,863
Total assets		53,068
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity:
Current maturities of long-term debt		50,043
Current capital lease obligations		0
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		1,103
Other current liabilities		0
Customer layaway deposits		0
Total current liabilities		51,146
Long-term debt, less current maturities		63,125
Long-term capital lease obligations		0
Deferred gains and other long-term liabilities		(2,357)
Total liabilities		$ 111,914
Commitments and contingencies
Temporary equity:
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		$ (13,318)
Stockholders’ equity:
Additional paid-in capital		(9,224)
Retained earnings		(41,239)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		4,935
EZCORP, Inc. stockholders’ equity		(45,528)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		53,068
Restatement Adjustments [Member] | Common Stock Class A Non-voting [Member]
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		0
Restatement Adjustments [Member] | Common Stock Class B Voting [Member]
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock		$ 0

[1] Our consolidated assets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and September 30, 2014 include the following assets of Grupo Finmart’s Securitization trust that can only be used to settle its liabilities: December 31, 2014 December 31, 2013 September 30, 2014 (Unaudited) Unaudited) (in thousands) Restricted cash$22,457 $— $23,592Consumer loans, net35,069 34,123 41,588Consumer loan fees and interest receivable, net4,937 7,060 5,489Restricted cash, non-current123 4,189 133Other assets, net2,545 1,998 2,847Total assets$65,131 $47,370 73,649

[2] Our consolidated assets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and September 30, 2014 include the following assets of our consolidated variable interest entities:December 31, 2014 December 31, 2013 September 30, 2014 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) As Restated (See Note 2)(in thousands)Restricted cash$1,903 $3 $1,921Consumer loans, net16,810 3,393 16,465Consumer loan fees and interest receivable, net3,579 1,034 3,058Non-current consumer loans, net36,297 7,829 35,780Total assets$58,589 $12,259 $57,224

[3] Our consolidated liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and September 30, 2014 include the following liabilities for which the creditors of Grupo Finmart’s securitization trust do not have recourse to the general credit of EZCORP, Inc.: December 31, 2014 December 31, 2013 September 30, 2014 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (in thousands) Long-term debt, less current maturities$49,475 $32,147 $54,045

[4] Our consolidated liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and September 30, 2014 include the following liabilities of our consolidated variable interest entities: December 31, 2014 December 31, 2013 September 30, 2014 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) As Restated (See Note 2) (in thousands)Accounts payable and other accrued expenses$3,007 $382 $2,105Current maturities of long-term debt50,043 6,778 25,438Long-term debt, less current maturities63,125 11,563 35,624Total liabilities$116,175 $18,723 $63,167