Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 93,137	$ 89,170	$ 310,628	$ 298,211
Jewelry scrapping sales	10,588	20,273	47,521	74,169
Pawn service charges	57,599	59,917	181,996	183,212
Consumer loan fees and interest	50,796	52,734	164,084	162,715
Other revenues	870	1,040	2,936	3,714
Total revenues	212,990	223,134	707,165	722,021
Merchandise cost of goods sold	61,460	56,014	206,430	184,378
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	8,580	15,131	37,609	55,262
Consumer loan bad debt	13,664	16,401	47,820	45,465
Net revenues	129,286	135,588	415,306	436,916
Operating expenses (income):
Operations	103,030	103,198	307,014	309,666
Administrative	12,602	14,205	31,803	49,925
Depreciation	7,551	7,460	22,823	22,214
Amortization	1,380	1,306	4,205	4,064
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	(6)	134	879	(6,069)
Restructuring	37	0	763	0
Total operating expenses	124,594	126,303	367,487	379,800
Operating income	4,692	9,285	47,819	57,116
Interest expense	9,659	7,439	32,989	18,604
Interest income	(347)	(377)	(1,393)	(729)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,822)	(2,117)	(338)	(3,880)
Impairment of goodwill	10,550	0	10,550	0
Impairment of investments	0	0	0	7,940
Other expense	750	265	3,368	539
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(14,098)	4,075	2,643	34,642
Income tax (benefit) expense	(4,131)	406	774	6,081
(Loss) income from continuing operations, net of tax	(9,967)	3,669	1,869	28,561
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(270)	(2,076)	(1,991)	(5,445)
Net (loss) income	(10,237)	1,593	(122)	23,116
Net loss from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	(390)	(2,337)	(3,230)	(5,686)
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (9,847)	$ 3,930	$ 3,108	$ 28,802
Basic (loss) earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.17)	$ 0.11	$ 0.09	$ 0.63
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.10)
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	(0.17)	0.07	0.05	0.53
Diluted (loss) earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(0.17)	0.11	0.09	0.63
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.04)	(0.04)	(0.10)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.17)	$ 0.07	$ 0.05	$ 0.53
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	54,820	54,308	54,216	54,338
Diluted (in shares)	54,866	54,395	54,280	54,529
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (9,577)	$ 6,006	$ 5,099	$ 34,247
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (270)	$ (2,076)	$ (1,991)	$ (5,445)