Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Treasury stock, shares	0	0	(1,000,000)
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	$ 50,041	$ 57,224	$ 56,103
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities	90,771	63,167	47,774
Grupo Finmart Securitization Facility [Member]
Long-term debt that does have recourse to the general credit of EZCorp, Inc.	44,450	54,045	56,076
Restricted Cash [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	1,617	1,921	17,422
Consumer Loan [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	13,207	16,465	11,180
Consumer Loan Fees and Interest Receivable, Net [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	4,979	3,058	2,458
Non-current Consumer Loans [Member]
Assets of consolidated variable interest entities	30,238	35,780	25,043
Accounts Payable and Other Accrued Expenses [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities	3,988	2,105	1,090
Long term debt, Current Maturities [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities	46,039	25,438	20,095
Long Term Debt, Excluding Current Maturities [Member]
Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities	40,744	35,624	26,589
Grupo Finmart [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	62,519	73,649	74,890
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Restricted Cash [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	17,398	23,592	5,873
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Consumer Loan [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	37,288	41,588	42,936
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Consumer Loan Fees and Interest Receivable, Net [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	5,614	5,489	6,553
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Restricted Cash, Noncurrent [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	117	133	16,660
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Other Assets [Member]
Assets of securitization trust	$ 2,102	$ 2,847	$ 2,868
Common Stock Class A Non-voting, Subject to Possible Redemption [Member]
Common stock, redemption price (in dollars per share)	$ 10.06	$ 0	$ 0
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	51,612,246
Common stock, shares outstanding	50,681,477	50,614,767	51,612,246
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