Earnings per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Potential common shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share	14,562	544	14,323	236
Net Components of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
Net income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 4,107	$ 6,776	$ 14,676	$ 28,241
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	(2,764)	(634)	(1,721)	(3,369)
Net income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 1,343	$ 6,142	$ 12,955	$ 24,872
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock	54,184	54,374	53,915	54,353
Dilutive effect of restricted stock	28	212	57	230
Weighted average common stock and common stock equivalents	54,212	54,586	53,972	54,583
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
Restricted stock [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Potential common shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share	245	544	6	236
Warrants [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Potential common shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share	14,317	0	14,317	0