Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ 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
Operating expenses:
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
Total operating expenses	94,201	93,886	285,914	294,504
Operating income	11,354	6,508	41,503	26,865
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
Income tax expense	3,432	1,038	13,663	11,224
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	5,467	2,778	21,964	8,504
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(265)	(9,133)	(1,868)	(99,068)
Net income (loss)	5,202	(6,355)	20,096	(90,564)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(58)	(666)	(352)	(6,589)
Net income (loss) attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 5,260	$ (5,689)	$ 20,448	$ (83,975)
Basic earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc. — continuing operations (usd per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.05	$ 0.41	$ 0.16
Diluted earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc. — continuing operations (usd per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.05	$ 0.41	$ 0.16
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding (shares)	54,295	53,980	54,247	54,574
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding (shares)	54,367	54,192	54,310	54,690