Discontinued Operations and Restructuring - Results of Discontinued Operations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenues		$ 0	$ 31,500	$ 2,100	$ 109,300
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		(9,133)	(9,454)	(100,916)	(5,047)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax of Grupo Finmart	[1]			100,172	7,819
Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.		(8,593)	(9,164)	(96,242)	(2,699)
Grupo Finmart
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenues		11,762	17,015	36,345	49,826
Consumer loan bad debt		(6,200)	(2,835)	(26,444)	(14,685)
Operations expense		(9,506)	(8,205)	(27,120)	(23,602)
Impairment of goodwill		0	0	(73,921)	0
Interest expense, net		(3,944)	(5,617)	(13,255)	(19,370)
Depreciation, amortization and other expenses		(4,580)	(1,488)	(6,216)	(4,126)
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes of Grupo Finmart		(12,468)	(1,130)	(110,611)	(11,957)
Income tax benefit		2,746	512	10,439	4,138
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax of operations discontinued prior to the adoption of ASU 2014-08		589	(8,836)	(744)	2,772
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax		(9,133)	(9,454)	(100,916)	(5,047)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax of Grupo Finmart		(9,722)	(618)	(100,172)	(7,819)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax of Grupo Finmart attributable to noncontrolling interest		540	290	4,674	2,348
Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to EZCORP, Inc.		$ (9,182)	$ (328)	$ (95,498)	$ (5,471)

[1] See Note 1 for discussion of operations discontinued subsequent to the adoption of ASU 2014-08. Amounts are exclusive of intercompany loans.