Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 222,435	$ 215,695
Net revenues	130,069	130,049
Operating expenses:
Operations	90,625	90,853
Administrative	17,489	13,165
Depreciation and amortization	7,733	6,848
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	744	4,442
Total operating expenses	116,591	115,308
Operating income	13,478	14,741
Interest expense	5,329	8,791
Interest income	(843)	(3,339)
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates	5,897	1,119
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates	0	13,274
Other expense (income)	71	(386)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	3,024	(4,718)
Income tax expense (benefit)	1,759	(1,058)
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of tax	1,265	(3,660)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(27)	(183)
Net income (loss)	1,238	(3,843)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	0	(477)
Net income (loss) attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ 1,238	$ (3,366)
Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc. — continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.02	$ (0.06)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc. — continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.02	$ (0.06)
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding	55,666	55,032
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding	55,687	55,032
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 126,728	$ 121,024
Cost of revenues	84,076	77,112
Jewelry scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues	9,528	9,281
Cost of revenues	7,754	8,050
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	84,725	83,519
Other
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,454	1,871
Cost of revenues	$ 536	$ 484