Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 222,435	$ 215,695
Net revenues	130,069	130,049
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
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
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)
Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	222,435	215,695
Net revenues	130,069	130,049
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	90,625	90,853
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	4,800	4,498
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	28	4,442
Interest expense	162	101
Interest income	(388)	(419)
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates	5,897	1,119
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		13,274
Other expense (income)	66	(104)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	28,879	16,285
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	165,597	165,928
Net revenues	99,478	101,270
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	68,059	67,937
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,865	3,035
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	2,853
Interest expense	0	0
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0
Other expense (income)	0	0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	28,554	27,445
Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	55,445	47,986
Net revenues	29,734	27,482
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	19,983	18,196
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	1,889	1,422
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	28	1,589
Interest expense	28	29
Interest income	(388)	(419)
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0
Other expense (income)	67	(126)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	8,127	6,791
Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	1	0
Net revenues	1	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	1,350	2,090
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	12	0
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	0
Interest expense	(36)	0
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0
Other expense (income)	0	0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(1,325)	(2,090)
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,392	1,781
Net revenues	856	1,297
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	1,233	2,630
Administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	34	41
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	0
Interest expense	170	72
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates	5,897	1,119
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		13,274
Other expense (income)	(1)	22
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(6,477)	(15,861)
Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Net revenues	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	0	0
Administrative	17,489	13,165
Depreciation and amortization	2,933	2,350
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	716	0
Interest expense	5,167	8,690
Interest income	(455)	(2,920)
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0
Other expense (income)	5	(282)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(25,855)	(21,003)
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	126,728	121,024
Cost of revenues	84,076	77,112
Merchandise | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	126,728	121,024
Cost of revenues	84,076	77,112
Merchandise | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	95,354	95,103
Cost of revenues	61,364	59,148
Merchandise | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	31,374	25,921
Cost of revenues	22,712	17,964
Merchandise | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Merchandise | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Merchandise | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Jewelry scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues	9,528	9,281
Cost of revenues	7,754	8,050
Jewelry scrapping | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	9,528	9,281
Cost of revenues	7,754	8,050
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	6,117	6,552
Cost of revenues	4,755	5,510
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	3,411	2,729
Cost of revenues	2,999	2,540
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Jewelry scrapping | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	84,725	83,519
Pawn service charges | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	84,725	83,519
Pawn service charges | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	64,090	64,225
Pawn service charges | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	20,635	19,294
Pawn service charges | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Pawn service charges | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Pawn service charges | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Other
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,454	1,871
Cost of revenues	536	484
Other | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,454	1,871
Cost of revenues	536	484
Other | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	36	48
Cost of revenues	0	0
Other | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	25	42
Cost of revenues	0	0
Other | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	1	0
Cost of revenues	0	0
Other | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,392	1,781
Cost of revenues	536	484
Other | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of revenues	$ 0	$ 0