Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 108,584	$ 109,639
Jewelry scrapping sales	9,621	18,534
Pawn service charges	66,594	64,927
Consumer loan fees and interest	13,188	18,971
Other revenues	467	655
Total revenues	198,454	212,726
Merchandise cost of goods sold	66,259	72,478
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	8,076	14,675
Consumer loan bad debt	12,603	8,515
Net revenues	111,516	117,058
Operating expenses:
Operations	85,606	80,087
Administrative	19,983	12,552
Depreciation and amortization	8,059	8,008
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	33	256
Restructuring	1,692	22
Total operating expenses	115,373	100,925
Operating (loss) income	(3,857)	16,133
Interest expense	9,192	12,034
Interest income	(140)	(531)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(2,055)	(2,194)
Other expense	870	759
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(11,724)	6,065
Income tax (benefit) expense	(3,696)	3,264
(Loss) income from continuing operations, net of tax	(8,028)	2,801
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax	(238)	6,877
Net (loss) income	(8,266)	9,678
Net loss from continuing operations attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest	(792)	(1,934)
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (7,474)	$ 11,612
Basic (loss) earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.13)	$ 0.09
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.13
Basic earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	(0.13)	0.22
Diluted (loss) earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc.:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	(0.13)	0.09
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	0.13
Diluted (loss) earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.13)	$ 0.22
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	54,895	53,650
Diluted (in shares)	54,895	53,698
Net (loss) income from continuing operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (7,236)	$ 4,735
(Loss) income from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (238)	$ 6,877