Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Schedule of Debt Instruments and Capital Lease Obligations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	$ 380,682	$ 428,583
Less current portion	74,345	36,529
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	306,337	392,054
Debt premium (discount)	(36,068)	(44,130)
Debt premium (discount), current	0	177
Debt premium (discount), noncurrent	$ (36,068)	(44,307)
2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	2.125%		2.125%
Secured foreign currency debt up to $18 million due 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	14.50%
Recourse to EZCORP [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital lease obligations	$ 0	418
Debt premium (discount)	0	0
Recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	193,932	185,693
Debt premium (discount)	$ (36,068)	$ (44,307)
Stated interest rate	2.125%	2.125%
Recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| Cash convertible senior notes due 2019 embedded derivative [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 10,505	$ 36,994
Debt premium (discount)	0	0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| Secured foreign currency debt up to $4 million due 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	0	63
Debt premium (discount)	0	3
Maximum borrowing capacity	4,000	4,000
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| Secured foreign currency debt up to $9 million due 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	0	86
Debt premium (discount)	0	0
Maximum borrowing capacity	9,000	9,000
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| Secured foreign currency debt up to $15 million due 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	1,142	4,796
Debt premium (discount)	0	0
Maximum borrowing capacity	15,000	15,000
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| Secured foreign currency debt up to $18 million due 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	17,567	22,240
Debt premium (discount)	0	0
Maximum borrowing capacity	18,000	18,000
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	42,689	54,045
Debt premium (discount)	0	0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 10% unsecured notes due 2014 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	0	1,158
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	10.00%	10.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 8.5% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 12,372	$ 29,875
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	8.50%	8.50%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 10% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 1,500	$ 943
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	10.00%	10.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 11% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 3,868	$ 4,897
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	11.00%	11.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 17% secured notes due 2015 [Member] \| Consolidated Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 0	$ 3,207
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	17.00%	17.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 10% unsecured notes due 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 1,885	$ 118
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	10.00%	10.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 12% secured notes due 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 2,928	$ 3,881
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 174
Stated interest rate	12.00%	12.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 13% unsecured notes due 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 1,171	$ 0
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	13.00%	13.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 15% unsecured notes due 2016 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 233	$ 0
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	15.00%	15.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 15% secured notes due 2016 [Member] \| Consolidated Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 5,397	$ 9,638
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	15.00%	15.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 11% secured notes due 2017 [Member] \| Consolidated Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 56,113	$ 28,572
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	11.00%	11.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 14.5% secured notes due 2017 [Member] \| Consolidated Variable Interest Entities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 11,754	$ 19,645
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	14.50%	14.50%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] \| 12.4% secured notes due 2020 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	$ 17,626	$ 22,314
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0
Stated interest rate	12.40%	12.40%

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Amount equal to the present value (the principal) at the beginning of the lease term of minimum lease payments during the lease term (excluding that portion of the payments representing executory costs such as insurance, maintenance, and taxes to be paid by the lessor, together with any profit thereon) net of payments or other amounts applied to the principal through the balance sheet date.

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