Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations - Outstanding obligations (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Less current portion	$ 75,586,000	$ 74,345,000	$ 75,090,000
Total long-term and capital lease obligations	281,545,000	297,166,000	374,600,000
Debt premium (discount), current	0	0	114,000
Debt premium (discount), noncurrent	(42,262,000)	(45,239,000)	(54,827,000)
Debt default, minimum default to constitute default in non-recourse debt	25,000,000
2.125% Cash convertible senior notes due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate				2.125%
Recourse to EZCORP
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Capital lease obligations	0	0	258,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Recourse to EZCORP \| 2.125% Cash convertible senior notes due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	2.125%	2.125%	2.125%
Carrying Amount	$ 190,089,000	$ 187,471,000	$ 179,796,000
Debt premium (discount)	(39,911,000)	(42,529,000)	(50,204,000)
Recourse to EZCORP \| Cash convertible senior notes due 2019 embedded derivative
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Amount	7,777,000	10,505,000	45,163,000
Debt premium (discount)	0	0	0
Non-recourse to EZCORP
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total long-term obligations	357,131,000	371,511,000	449,690,000
Debt premium (discount)	(42,262,000)	(45,239,000)	(54,713,000)
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 8.2% Secured foreign currency debt up to $14 million due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 14,000,000	$ 14,000,000	$ 14,000,000
Stated interest rate	8.20%	8.20%	8.20%
Carrying Amount	$ 502,000	$ 938,000	$ 2,839,000
Debt premium (discount)	(151,000)	(204,000)	(592,000)
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 14.5% Secured foreign currency debt up to $17 million due 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 17,000,000	$ 17,000,000	$ 17,000,000
Stated interest rate	14.50%	14.50%	14.50%
Carrying Amount	$ 17,300,000	$ 17,567,000	$ 20,360,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 5.8% Consumer loans facility due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	5.80%	5.80%	5.80%
Carrying Amount	$ 40,080,000	$ 40,493,000	$ 46,110,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ (1,962,000)	$ (2,196,000)	$ (3,365,000)
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 8.5% Unsecured notes due 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	8.50%	8.50%	8.50%
Carrying Amount	$ 0	$ 12,330,000	$ 12,238,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ (42,000)	$ (266,000)
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 10% Unsecured notes due 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 0	$ 1,500,000	$ 1,632,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 11% Unsecured notes due 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	11.00%	11.00%	11.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 0	$ 3,868,000	$ 4,483,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 17% Secured notes due 2015 consolidated from VIEs
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	17.00%	17.00%	17.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1,768,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 10% Unsecured notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 2,069,000	$ 1,885,000	$ 108,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 12% Secured notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	12.00%	12.00%	12.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 2,884,000	$ 2,928,000	$ 3,507,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 114,000
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 13% Unsecured notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	13.00%	13.00%	13.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 0	$ 1,171,000	$ 0
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 13.5% Unsecured notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	13.50%	13.50%	13.50%
Carrying Amount	$ 5,767,000	$ 0	$ 0
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 15% Unsecured notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 3,810,000	$ 233,000	$ 0
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 15% Secured notes due 2016 consolidated from VIEs
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	15.00%	15.00%	15.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 4,221,000	$ 5,397,000	$ 8,486,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 18% Unsecured notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	18.00%	18.00%	18.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 5,767,000	$ 0	$ 0
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 20% Unsecured notes due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	20.00%	20.00%	20.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 2,307,000	$ 0	$ 0
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 10% Unsecured notes due 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 173,000	$ 0	$ 0
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 11% Secured notes due 2017 consolidated from VIEs (c)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	11.00%	11.00%	11.00%
Carrying Amount	$ 46,469,000	$ 56,113,000	$ 86,541,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 14.5% Secured notes due 2017 consolidated from VIEs
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	14.50%	14.50%	14.50%
Carrying Amount	$ 10,766,000	$ 11,754,000	$ 16,373,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP \| 12.4% Secured notes due 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate	12.40%	12.40%	12.40%
Carrying Amount	$ 17,150,000	$ 17,358,000	$ 20,028,000
Debt premium (discount)	$ (238,000)	$ (268,000)	$ (400,000)

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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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