Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 215,850	$ 204,508
Net revenues	130,204	122,427
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	89,546	83,610
Administrative	15,479	13,318
Depreciation and amortization	6,848	5,723
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	4,442	39
Interest expense	8,791	5,847
Interest income	(3,339)	(4,270)
Equity in net loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliate	1,119	(1,450)
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate	13,274	0
Other income	(386)	(182)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(5,570)	19,792
Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	215,850	204,508
Net revenues	130,204	122,427
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	89,546	83,610
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	4,498	3,691
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	4,442	26
Interest expense	101	1
Interest income	(419)	(637)
Equity in net loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliate	1,119	(1,450)
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate	13,274
Other income	(104)	28
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	17,747	37,158
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	166,006	159,798
Net revenues	101,348	96,868
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	68,068	66,300
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	3,035	2,799
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	2,853	16
Interest expense	0	0
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate	0
Other income	0	(4)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	27,392	27,757
Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	48,063	42,606
Net revenues	27,559	24,032
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	18,848	14,687
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	1,422	845
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	1,589	10
Interest expense	29	1
Interest income	(419)	(637)
Equity in net loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate	0
Other income	(126)	115
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	6,216	9,011
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,781	2,104
Net revenues	1,297	1,527
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	2,630	2,623
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	41	47
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	0
Interest expense	72	0
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliate	1,119	(1,450)
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate	13,274
Other income	22	(83)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(15,861)	390
Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Net revenues	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	0	0
Administrative	15,479	13,318
Depreciation and amortization	2,350	2,032
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	13
Interest expense	8,690	5,846
Interest income	(2,920)	(3,633)
Equity in net loss (income) of unconsolidated affiliate	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliate	0
Other income	(282)	(210)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(23,317)	(17,366)
Merchandise sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	121,024	113,588
Cost of revenues	77,112	71,167
Merchandise sales | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	121,024	113,588
Cost of revenues	77,112	71,167
Merchandise sales | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	95,103	91,494
Cost of revenues	59,148	56,088
Merchandise sales | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	25,921	22,094
Cost of revenues	17,964	15,079
Merchandise sales | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Merchandise sales | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	9,281	12,213
Cost of revenues	8,050	10,337
Jewelry scrapping sales | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	9,281	12,213
Cost of revenues	8,050	10,337
Jewelry scrapping sales | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	6,552	8,525
Cost of revenues	5,510	6,842
Jewelry scrapping sales | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	2,729	3,688
Cost of revenues	2,540	3,495
Jewelry scrapping sales | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	83,674	76,360
Pawn service charges | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	83,674	76,360
Pawn service charges | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	64,303	59,705
Pawn service charges | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	19,371	16,655
Pawn service charges | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Pawn service charges | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Other revenues
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,871	2,347
Cost of revenues	484	577
Other revenues | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,871	2,347
Cost of revenues	484	577
Other revenues | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	48	74
Cost of revenues	0	0
Other revenues | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	42	169
Cost of revenues	0	0
Other revenues | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,781	2,104
Cost of revenues	484	577
Other revenues | Corporate, Non-Segment
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	$ 0	$ 0