Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 107,852	$ 103,454	$ 217,491	$ 209,041
Jewelry scrapping sales	18,399	26,193	36,933	53,896
Pawn service charges	59,470	59,162	124,397	123,295
Consumer loan fees and interest	54,441	54,777	113,288	109,981
Other revenues	1,195	1,545	2,066	2,674
Total revenues	241,357	245,131	494,175	498,887
Merchandise cost of goods sold	72,492	64,223	144,970	128,364
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	14,354	20,111	29,029	40,131
Consumer loan bad debt	12,106	10,876	34,156	29,064
Net revenues	142,405	149,921	286,020	301,328
Operating expenses (income):
Operations	100,290	101,107	203,984	206,468
Administrative	10,849	19,996	19,201	35,720
Depreciation	7,699	7,414	15,272	14,754
Amortization	1,368	1,393	2,825	2,758
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	626	87	885	(6,203)
Restructuring	726	0	726	0
Total operating expenses	121,558	129,997	242,893	253,497
Operating income	20,847	19,924	43,127	47,831
Interest expense	11,296	6,114	23,330	11,165
Interest income	(514)	(155)	(1,046)	(352)
Equity in net loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliates	3,678	(492)	1,484	(1,763)
Impairment of investments	0	7,940	0	7,940
Other expense	1,859	442	2,618	274
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	4,528	6,075	16,741	30,567
Income tax expense	1,327	852	4,905	5,675
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	3,201	5,223	11,836	24,892
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(2,764)	(634)	(1,721)	(3,369)
Net income	437	4,589	10,115	21,523
Net loss from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	(906)	(1,553)	(2,840)	(3,349)
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 1,343	$ 6,142	$ 12,955	$ 24,872
Basic (loss) earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.08	$ 0.12	$ 0.27	$ 0.52
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.05)	(0.01)	(0.03)	(0.06)
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	0.03	0.11	0.24	0.46
Diluted (loss) earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	0.08	0.12	0.27	0.52
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.05)	(0.01)	(0.03)	(0.06)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.03	$ 0.11	$ 0.24	$ 0.46
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	54,184	54,374	53,915	54,353
Diluted (in shares)	54,212	54,586	53,972	54,583
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 4,107	$ 6,776	$ 14,676	$ 28,241
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (2,764)	$ (634)	$ (1,721)	$ (3,369)