Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 199,942	$ 183,633	$ 607,184	$ 565,885
Net revenues	115,072	105,555	358,092	327,417
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	83,032	74,246	248,802	226,352
Administrative	13,268	14,095	39,927	41,305
Depreciation and amortization	6,124	5,843	18,298	18,246
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	314	17	453	11
Interest expense	7,394	5,654	19,070	16,847
Interest income	(4,358)	(2,053)	(12,896)	(6,909)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,151)	(1,047)	(3,477)	(3,768)
Other income	(5,287)	(99)	(5,473)	(294)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	15,736	8,899	53,388	35,627
Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	199,942	183,633	607,184	565,885
Net revenues	115,072	105,555	358,092	327,417
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	83,032	74,246	248,802	226,352
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	4,009	2,873	12,194	9,541
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	100	17	228	11
Interest expense	3	2	6	7
Interest income	(672)	(480)	(2,072)	(889)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,151)	(1,047)	(3,477)	(3,768)
Other income	(103)	(97)	(110)	(103)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	29,854	30,041	102,521	96,266
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	157,386	156,795	479,304	485,920
Net revenues	89,717	89,633	283,656	282,571
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	65,257	63,593	196,748	194,499
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	3,010	2,210	9,340	7,487
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	74	20	197	(54)
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other income	0	(5)	(3)	(14)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	21,376	23,815	77,374	80,653
Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	40,953	24,874	122,526	74,007
Net revenues	24,101	14,411	70,355	40,321
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	15,097	8,898	44,778	26,439
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	951	619	2,712	1,910
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	26	(3)	31	65
Interest expense	3	2	6	7
Interest income	(672)	(480)	(2,072)	(889)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other income	(103)	(24)	11	(61)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	8,799	5,399	24,889	12,850
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,603	1,964	5,354	5,958
Net revenues	1,254	1,511	4,081	4,525
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	2,678	1,755	7,276	5,414
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	48	44	142	144
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	0	0	0	0
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	(1,151)	(1,047)	(3,477)	(3,768)
Other income	0	(68)	(118)	(28)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	(321)	827	258	2,763
Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	0	0	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	0	0	0	0
Administrative	13,268	14,095	39,927	41,305
Depreciation and amortization	2,115	2,970	6,104	8,705
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	214	0	225	0
Interest expense	7,391	5,652	19,064	16,840
Interest income	(3,686)	(1,573)	(10,824)	(6,020)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0	0	0
Other income	(5,184)	(2)	(5,363)	(191)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	(14,118)	(21,142)	(49,133)	(60,639)
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	104,737	97,921	333,270	319,672
Cost of goods sold	66,896	62,615	210,283	204,840
Merchandise | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	104,737	97,921	333,270	319,672
Cost of goods sold	66,896	62,615	210,283	204,840
Merchandise | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	83,898	82,714	270,145	273,125
Cost of goods sold	52,340	52,488	166,965	173,235
Merchandise | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	20,839	15,207	63,125	46,547
Cost of goods sold	14,556	10,127	43,318	31,605
Merchandise | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Merchandise | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Jewelry Scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues	20,428	17,641	44,166	37,658
Cost of goods sold	17,625	15,010	37,536	32,195
Jewelry Scrapping | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	20,428	17,641	44,166	37,658
Cost of goods sold	17,625	15,010	37,536	32,195
Jewelry Scrapping | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	17,813	17,257	34,515	35,158
Cost of goods sold	15,329	14,674	28,683	30,114
Jewelry Scrapping | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	2,615	384	9,651	2,500
Cost of goods sold	2,296	336	8,853	2,081
Jewelry Scrapping | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Jewelry Scrapping | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Pawn Service
Revenues:
Total revenues	72,874	65,878	223,601	201,983
Pawn Service | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	72,874	65,878	223,601	201,983
Pawn Service | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	55,620	56,774	174,439	177,480
Pawn Service | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	17,254	9,104	49,162	24,503
Pawn Service | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Pawn Service | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Other
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,903	2,193	6,147	6,572
Cost of goods sold	349	453	1,273	1,433
Other | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,903	2,193	6,147	6,572
Cost of goods sold	349	453	1,273	1,433
Other | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	55	50	205	157
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Other | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	245	179	588	457
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Other | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,603	1,964	5,354	5,958
Cost of goods sold	349	453	1,273	1,433
Other | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0