Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 111,513	$ 108,584
Jewelry scrapping sales	9,798	9,621
Pawn service charges	69,013	66,594
Other revenues	2,300	2,758
Total revenues	192,624	187,557
Merchandise cost of goods sold	71,732	66,259
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	8,344	8,076
Other cost of revenues	583	612
Net revenues	111,965	112,610
Operations	77,646	76,018
Administrative	13,927	19,983
Depreciation and amortization	6,373	7,542
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	(77)	33
Interest expense	5,565	4,127
Interest income	(2,616)	(9)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,478)	(2,055)
Restructuring	0	1,692
Other (income) expense	(423)	102
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	13,048	5,177
Segments
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	111,513	108,584
Jewelry scrapping sales	9,798	9,621
Pawn service charges	69,013	66,594
Other revenues	2,300	2,758
Total revenues	192,624	187,557
Merchandise cost of goods sold	71,732	66,259
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	8,344	8,076
Other cost of revenues	583	612
Net revenues	111,965	112,610
Operations	77,646	76,018
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	3,298	4,412
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	(77)	33
Interest expense	2	126
Interest income	(67)	(1)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,478)	(2,055)
Restructuring		1,423
Other (income) expense	5	125
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	32,636	32,529
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	94,861	91,994
Jewelry scrapping sales	8,845	9,600
Pawn service charges	61,045	58,621
Other revenues	51	193
Total revenues	164,802	160,408
Merchandise cost of goods sold	60,248	55,461
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	7,550	8,060
Other cost of revenues	0	0
Net revenues	97,004	96,887
Operations	67,350	63,545
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,617	3,560
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	(71)	7
Interest expense	0	86
Interest income	0	(1)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Restructuring		891
Other (income) expense	(5)	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	27,113	28,799
Segments | Mexico Pawn
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	16,652	16,586
Jewelry scrapping sales	953	0
Pawn service charges	7,968	7,973
Other revenues	131	191
Total revenues	25,704	24,750
Merchandise cost of goods sold	11,484	10,798
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	794	0
Other cost of revenues	0	0
Net revenues	13,426	13,952
Operations	8,640	11,193
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	631	801
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	(6)	26
Interest expense	2	40
Interest income	(67)	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Restructuring		328
Other (income) expense	11	128
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	4,215	1,436
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	4
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	21
Pawn service charges	0	0
Other revenues	2,118	2,374
Total revenues	2,118	2,399
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	16
Other cost of revenues	583	612
Net revenues	1,535	1,771
Operations	1,656	1,280
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	50	51
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0
Interest expense	0	0
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,478)	(2,055)
Restructuring		204
Other (income) expense	(1)	(3)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	1,308	2,294
Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0
Pawn service charges	0	0
Other revenues	0	0
Total revenues	0	0
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0
Other cost of revenues	0	0
Net revenues	0	0
Operations	0	0
Administrative	13,927	19,983
Depreciation and amortization	3,075	3,130
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0
Interest expense	5,563	4,001
Interest income	(2,549)	(8)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Restructuring		269
Other (income) expense	(428)	(23)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$ (19,588)	$ (27,352)