Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	$ 52,998	$ 57,224	$ 20,189
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities	103,253	63,167	17,418
Grupo Finmart Securitization Facility [Member]
Long-term debt that does not have recourse to the general credit of EZCorp, Inc.	47,826	54,045	55,715
Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	$ 64,249	$ 73,649	$ 74,445
Common Stock Class A Non-voting, Subject to Possible Redemption [Member]
Common stock, redemption price (in dollars per share)	$ 10.06
Common stock, shares issued	1,168,456	0	0
Common stock, shares outstanding	1,168,456	0	0
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	100,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	50,681,477	50,614,767	51,411,973
Common stock, shares outstanding	50,681,477	50,614,767	51,411,973
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
Restricted Cash [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	$ 2,084	$ 1,921	$ 3
Restricted Cash [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	21,835	23,592	17,813
Consumer Loans, Net [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	14,826	16,465	5,702
Consumer Loans, Net [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	34,803	41,588	42,219
Consumer Loan Fees and Interest Receivable, Net [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	3,577	3,058	1,543
Consumer Loan Fees and Interest Receivable, Net [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	5,182	5,489	6,178
Non-current Consumer Loans, Net [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	32,511	35,780	12,941
Restricted Cash, Non-current [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	119	133	5,805
Other Assets, Net [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	2,310	2,847	2,430
Accounts Payable and Other Accrued Expenses [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities	3,153	2,105	632
Long term Debt, Current Maturities [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities	48,246	25,438	6,661
Long-term Debt, Less Current Maturities [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities	$ 51,854	$ 35,624	$ 10,125