Long-term Debt - Recourse to EZCORP (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares $ / share shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) day $ / shares $ / share shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amortization of deferred financing costs					$ 1,318,000	$ 1,213,000
2.125% Cash convertible senior notes due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible senior notes issued and settled	$ 30,000,000.0	$ 200,000,000.0
Stated interest rate		2.125%
Option to purchase additional principal		$ 30,000,000.0
Deferred financing costs		8,800,000
Repurchase price, percent of principal amount					100.00%
Interest expense			$ 3,900,000	$ 3,600,000	$ 11,600,000	11,000,000
Contractual interest expense			1,200,000	1,200,000	3,700,000	3,700,000
Debt discount amortization					$ 7,900,000	$ 7,300,000
Amortization of deferred financing costs			$ 2,700,000	$ 2,400,000
Effective interest rate			7.00%		7.00%
Remaining unamortized issuance discount period					3 years
Common Stock Class A Non-voting | 2.125% Cash convertible senior notes due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion rate per $1000 principal amount					62.2471
Conversion price, per share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 16.065		$ 16.065
Trading day observation period					80 days
Threshold trading days (whether or not consecutive) | day					20
Threshold consecutive trading days					30 days
Threshold percentage of stock price trigger					130.00%
Early conversion condition, business day period					5 days
Measurement period					5 days
Early conversion condition, percent of product of the last reported sale price of stock and the conversion rate, less than 98%					98.00%
If-Converted | 2.125% Cash convertible senior notes due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense					$ 34,800,000
Unamortized debt discount			$ 29,500,000		29,500,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs			$ 5,300,000		5,300,000
Cash Convertible Notes Hedges
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cost of hedge					46,500,000
Cost of hedge, net of total proceeds from Warrants sold					$ 21,300,000
Cash Convertible Notes Hedges | Common Stock Class A Non-voting
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount (shares) | shares			14.3		14.3
Strike price (dollars per share) | $ / share			16.065		16.065
Net-share-settled Warrants | Common Stock Class A Non-voting
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of securities called (shares) | shares			14.3		14.3
Strike price for warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 20.83		$ 20.83
Net proceeds from sale of warrants					$ 25,100,000
Warrants outstanding (shares) | shares			14.3		14.3
Long-term debt, less current maturities | Cash Convertible Notes Embedded Derivative
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value, derivative liability		$ 46,500,000
Accounting Standards Update 2015-03 | 2.125% Cash convertible senior notes due 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate			8.00%		8.00%