Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 97,921	$ 94,014	$ 319,672	$ 311,941
Jewelry scrapping sales	17,641	11,230	37,658	33,631
Pawn service charges	65,878	62,473	201,983	193,197
Other revenues	2,193	2,433	6,572	7,151
Total revenues	183,633	170,150	565,885	545,920
Merchandise cost of goods sold	62,615	60,140	204,840	194,731
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	15,010	9,110	32,195	28,271
Other cost of revenues	453	506	1,433	1,549
Net revenues	105,555	100,394	327,417	321,369
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	74,246	73,172	226,352	221,446
Administrative	14,095	14,481	41,305	50,085
Depreciation and amortization	5,843	6,274	18,246	20,422
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	17	(41)	11	641
Restructuring	0	0	0	1,910
Interest expense	5,654	3,936	16,847	12,014
Interest income	(2,053)	(50)	(6,909)	(66)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,047)	(1,694)	(3,768)	(5,626)
Other (income) expense	(99)	500	(294)	815
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	8,899	3,816	35,627	19,728
Segments
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	97,921	94,014	319,672	311,941
Jewelry scrapping sales	17,641	11,230	37,658	33,631
Pawn service charges	65,878	62,473	201,983	193,197
Other revenues	2,193	2,433	6,572	7,151
Total revenues	183,633	170,150	565,885	545,920
Merchandise cost of goods sold	62,615	60,140	204,840	194,731
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	15,010	9,110	32,195	28,271
Other cost of revenues	453	506	1,433	1,549
Net revenues	105,555	100,394	327,417	321,369
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	74,246	73,172	226,352	221,446
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,873	3,664	9,541	11,937
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	17	(64)	11	618
Restructuring				1,727
Interest expense	2	25	7	228
Interest income	(480)	(24)	(889)	(25)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,047)	(1,694)	(3,768)	(5,626)
Other (income) expense	(97)	759	(103)	811
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	30,041	24,556	96,266	90,253
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	82,714	79,826	273,125	266,560
Jewelry scrapping sales	17,257	10,918	35,158	32,117
Pawn service charges	56,774	54,395	177,480	169,630
Other revenues	50	39	157	281
Total revenues	156,795	145,178	485,920	468,588
Merchandise cost of goods sold	52,488	50,586	173,235	164,288
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	14,674	8,845	30,114	27,033
Other cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	89,633	85,747	282,571	277,267
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	63,593	62,733	194,499	187,518
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,210	2,888	7,487	9,489
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	20	(51)	(54)	502
Restructuring				982
Interest expense	0	0	0	125
Interest income	0	(1)	0	(2)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	(5)	0	(14)	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	23,815	20,178	80,653	78,653
Segments | Mexico Pawn
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	15,207	14,187	46,547	45,376
Jewelry scrapping sales	384	312	2,500	1,493
Pawn service charges	9,104	8,078	24,503	23,567
Other revenues	179	157	457	231
Total revenues	24,874	22,734	74,007	70,667
Merchandise cost of goods sold	10,127	9,554	31,605	30,442
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	336	265	2,081	1,222
Other cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	14,411	12,915	40,321	39,003
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	8,898	8,744	26,439	28,961
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	619	720	1,910	2,285
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	(3)	(13)	65	116
Restructuring				543
Interest expense	2	25	7	103
Interest income	(480)	(23)	(889)	(23)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	(24)	759	(61)	808
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	5,399	2,703	12,850	6,210
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	1	0	5
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0	0	21
Pawn service charges	0	0	0	0
Other revenues	1,964	2,237	5,958	6,639
Total revenues	1,964	2,238	5,958	6,665
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0	0	1
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0	0	16
Other cost of revenues	453	506	1,433	1,549
Net revenues	1,511	1,732	4,525	5,099
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	1,755	1,695	5,414	4,967
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	44	56	144	163
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	0	0	0	0
Restructuring				202
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,047)	(1,694)	(3,768)	(5,626)
Other (income) expense	(68)	0	(28)	3
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	827	1,675	2,763	5,390
Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0	0	0
Pawn service charges	0	0	0	0
Other revenues	0	0	0	0
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Other cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	0	0	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	0	0	0	0
Administrative	14,095	14,481	41,305	50,085
Depreciation and amortization	2,970	2,610	8,705	8,485
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	0	23	0	23
Restructuring				183
Interest expense	5,652	3,911	16,840	11,786
Interest income	(1,573)	(26)	(6,020)	(41)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	(2)	(259)	(191)	4
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$ (21,142)	$ (20,740)	$ (60,639)	$ (70,525)