Restatement of Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements - Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, 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)
Restructuring Charges	22
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)
As Previously Reported [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	109,639
Jewelry scrapping sales	18,534
Pawn service charges	64,927
Consumer loan fees and interest	52,232
Other revenues	7,312
Total revenues	252,644
Merchandise cost of goods sold	72,388
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	14,675
Consumer loan bad debt	15,251
Net revenues	150,330
Operating expenses:
Operations	103,656
Administrative	10,174
Depreciation	7,573
Amortization	1,457
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	259
Total operating expenses	123,119
Operating income	27,211
Interest expense	8,958
Interest income	(525)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(2,194)
Other expense (income)	537
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	20,435
Income tax expense	6,365
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	14,070
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	1,043
Net income	15,113
Net loss from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	(147)
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 15,260
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.26
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.02
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	0.28
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.26
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.02
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.28
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 14,217
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	1,043
Restatement Adjustments [Member]
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0
Pawn service charges	0
Consumer loan fees and interest	6,615
Other revenues	(6,441)
Total revenues	174
Merchandise cost of goods sold	90
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0
Consumer loan bad debt	6,799
Net revenues	(6,715)
Operating expenses:
Operations	38
Administrative	(1,822)
Depreciation	0
Amortization	0
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	0
Total operating expenses	(1,784)
Operating income	(4,931)
Interest expense	3,076
Interest income	(7)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0
Other expense (income)	222
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	(8,222)
Income tax expense	(2,787)
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	(5,435)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	0
Net income	(5,435)
Net loss from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	(1,787)
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (3,648)
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.06)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	(0.06)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(0.06)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.06)
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (3,648)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 0