Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$ 113,588	$ 111,513
Jewelry scrapping sales	12,213	9,798
Pawn service charges	76,360	69,013
Other revenues	2,347	2,300
Total revenues	204,508	192,624
Merchandise cost of goods sold	71,167	71,732
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	10,337	8,344
Other cost of revenues	577	583
Net revenues	122,427	111,965
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	83,610	77,646
Administrative	13,318	13,927
Depreciation and amortization	5,723	6,373
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	39	(77)
Interest expense	5,847	5,565
Interest income	(4,270)	(2,616)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,450)	(1,478)
Other income	(182)	(423)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	19,792	13,048
Segments
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	113,588	111,513
Jewelry scrapping sales	12,213	9,798
Pawn service charges	76,360	69,013
Other revenues	2,347	2,300
Total revenues	204,508	192,624
Merchandise cost of goods sold	71,167	71,732
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	10,337	8,344
Other cost of revenues	577	583
Net revenues	122,427	111,965
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	83,610	77,646
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	3,691	3,298
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	26	(77)
Interest expense	1	2
Interest income	(637)	(67)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,450)	(1,478)
Other income	28	5
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	37,158	32,636
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	91,494	94,861
Jewelry scrapping sales	8,525	8,845
Pawn service charges	59,705	61,045
Other revenues	74	51
Total revenues	159,798	164,802
Merchandise cost of goods sold	56,088	60,248
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	6,842	7,550
Other cost of revenues	0	0
Net revenues	96,868	97,004
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	66,300	67,350
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,799	2,617
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	16	(71)
Interest expense	0	0
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Other income	(4)	(5)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	27,757	27,113
Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	22,094	16,652
Jewelry scrapping sales	3,688	953
Pawn service charges	16,655	7,968
Other revenues	169	131
Total revenues	42,606	25,704
Merchandise cost of goods sold	15,079	11,484
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	3,495	794
Other cost of revenues	0	0
Net revenues	24,032	13,426
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	14,687	8,640
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	845	631
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	10	(6)
Interest expense	1	2
Interest income	(637)	(67)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Other income	115	11
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	9,011	4,215
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales	0	0
Pawn service charges	0	0
Other revenues	2,104	2,118
Total revenues	2,104	2,118
Merchandise cost of goods sold	0	0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	0	0
Other cost of revenues	577	583
Net revenues	1,527	1,535
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	2,623	1,656
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	47	50
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	0	0
Interest expense	0	0
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,450)	(1,478)
Other income	(83)	(1)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	390	1,308
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
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	0	0
Administrative	13,318	13,927
Depreciation and amortization	2,032	3,075
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	13	0
Interest expense	5,846	5,563
Interest income	(3,633)	(2,549)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Other income	(210)	(428)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$ (17,366)	$ (19,588)