Earnings per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 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	14,550	14,531	14,317	14,530
Net Components of Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (9,577)	$ 6,006	$ 5,099	$ 34,247
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(270)	(2,076)	(1,991)	(5,445)
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (9,847)	$ 3,930	$ 3,108	$ 28,802
Weighted average outstanding shares of common stock	54,820	54,308	54,216	54,338
Dilutive effect of restricted stock	46	87	64	191
Weighted average common stock and common stock equivalents	54,866	54,395	54,280	54,529
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
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	233	214	0	213
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	14,317	14,317	14,317