Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term debt instruments and balances under capital lease obligations

The following table presents our long-term debt instruments and balances under capital lease obligations outstanding as of September 30, 2015 and 2014:

	September 30, 2015					September 30, 2014
	Carrying Amount		Debt Discount			Carrying Amount		Debt (Discount) Premium
	(in thousands)
Recourse to EZCORP:
2.125% Cash convertible senior notes due 2019	$	193,932	$	(36,068	)	$	185,693	$	(44,307	)
Cash convertible senior notes due 2019 embedded derivative	10,505		—			36,994		—
Capital lease obligations	—		—			418		—
Non-recourse to EZCORP:
Secured foreign currency debt up to $4 million due 2014*	—		—			63		3
Secured foreign currency debt up to $9 million due 2014*	—		—			86		—
Secured foreign currency debt up to $15 million due 2016*	1,142		—			4,796		—
Secured foreign currency debt up to $18 million due 2017*	17,567		—			22,240		—
Consumer loans facility due 2019	42,689		—			54,045		—
10% unsecured notes due 2014	—		—			1,158		—
8.5% unsecured notes due 2015	12,372		—			29,875		—
10% unsecured notes due 2015	1,500		—			943		—
11% unsecured notes due 2015	3,868		—			4,897		—
17% secured notes due 2015 consolidated from VIEs	—		—			3,207		—
10% unsecured notes due 2016	1,885		—			118		—
12% secured notes due 2016	2,928		—			3,881		174
13% unsecured notes due 2016	1,171		—			—		—
15% unsecured notes due 2016	233		—			—		—
15% secured notes due 2016 consolidated from VIEs	5,397		—			9,638		—
11% secured notes due 2017 consolidated from VIEs	56,113		—			28,572		—
14.5% secured notes due 2017 consolidated from VIEs	11,754		—			19,645		—
12.4% secured notes due 2020	17,626		—			22,314		—
Total	380,682		(36,068		)	428,583		(44,130		)
Less current portion	74,345		—			36,529		177
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	306,337	$	(36,068	)	$	392,054	$	(44,307	)

* Maximum amounts of debt are translated from Mexican pesos to United States dollars as of September 30, 2015.