Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 223,283	$ 214,730	$ 445,718	$ 430,425
Net revenues	127,365	127,690	257,434	257,739
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	88,372	89,766	178,997	180,642
Administrative	14,620	14,964	32,109	28,129
Depreciation and amortization	7,762	7,012	15,495	13,860
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	261	(823)	1,005	3,619
Interest expense	5,881	8,589	11,210	17,380
Interest income	(941)	(3,126)	(1,784)	(6,465)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,184)	(431)	4,713	688
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	47,060	0	47,060	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates	0	6,451	0	19,725
Other (income) expense	(361)	269	(290)	(117)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(34,105)	5,019	(31,081)	278
Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	223,283	214,730	445,718	430,425
Net revenues	127,365	127,690	257,434	257,739
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	88,372	89,766	178,997	180,642
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	5,051	4,554	9,851	9,052
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	(123)	(823)	(95)	3,619
Interest expense	556	182	718	283
Interest income	(369)	(431)	(757)	(850)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,184)	(431)	4,713	688
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	47,060		47,060
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		6,451		19,725
Other (income) expense	(289)	291	(223)	187
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(11,709)	28,131	17,170	44,393
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	173,837	166,389	339,434	332,317
Net revenues	100,751	98,890	200,229	200,160
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	67,619	67,475	135,678	135,435
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,711	2,982	5,576	6,017
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	(1)	0	2,852
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	10,000		10,000
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0		0
Other (income) expense	0	0	0	0
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	20,421	28,434	48,975	55,856
Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	48,149	47,118	103,594	95,104
Net revenues	25,805	27,984	55,539	55,466
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	18,469	18,223	38,452	36,419
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	1,940	1,495	3,829	2,917
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	(123)	(838)	(95)	751
Interest expense	402	50	430	79
Interest income	(369)	(431)	(757)	(850)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	35,936		35,936
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0		0
Other (income) expense	(309)	29	(242)	(97)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(30,141)	9,456	(22,014)	16,247
Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	3	0	4	0
Net revenues	3	0	4	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	724	1,523	2,074	3,613
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	377	0	389	0
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	0	0	0
Interest expense	0	0	(36)	0
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	0		1,124
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0		0
Other (income) expense	0	0	0	0
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(1,098)	(1,523)	(3,547)	(3,613)
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,294	1,223	2,686	3,004
Net revenues	806	816	1,662	2,113
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	1,560	2,545	2,793	5,175
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	23	77	57	118
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	16	0	16
Interest expense	154	132	324	204
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,184)	(431)	4,713	688
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	1,124		0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		6,451		19,725
Other (income) expense	20	262	19	284
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(891)	(8,236)	(6,244)	(24,097)
Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	0	0	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	0	0	0	0
Administrative	14,620	14,964	32,109	28,129
Depreciation and amortization	2,711	2,458	5,644	4,808
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	384	0	1,100	0
Interest expense	5,325	8,407	10,492	17,097
Interest income	(572)	(2,695)	(1,027)	(5,615)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	0		0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0		0
Other (income) expense	(72)	(22)	(67)	(304)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(22,396)	(23,112)	(48,251)	(44,115)
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	129,830	121,260	256,558	242,284
Cost of revenues	85,776	77,800	169,852	154,912
Merchandise | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	129,830	121,260	256,558	242,284
Cost of revenues	85,776	77,800	169,852	154,912
Merchandise | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	102,447	96,632	197,801	191,735
Cost of revenues	65,286	60,928	126,650	120,076
Merchandise | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	27,383	24,628	58,757	50,549
Cost of revenues	20,490	16,872	43,202	34,836
Merchandise | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Merchandise | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Merchandise | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues	11,878	10,380	21,406	19,661
Cost of revenues	9,617	8,833	17,371	16,883
Jewelry scrapping | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	11,878	10,380	21,406	19,661
Cost of revenues	9,617	8,833	17,371	16,883
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	9,659	7,916	15,776	14,468
Cost of revenues	7,800	6,571	12,555	12,081
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	2,219	2,464	5,630	5,193
Cost of revenues	1,817	2,262	4,816	4,802
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	80,222	81,799	164,947	165,318
Pawn service charges | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	80,222	81,799	164,947	165,318
Pawn service charges | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	61,700	61,798	125,790	126,023
Pawn service charges | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	18,522	20,001	39,157	39,295
Pawn service charges | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Pawn service charges | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Pawn service charges | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Other
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,353	1,291	2,807	3,162
Cost of revenues	525	407	1,061	891
Other | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,353	1,291	2,807	3,162
Cost of revenues	525	407	1,061	891
Other | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	31	43	67	91
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Other | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	25	25	50	67
Cost of revenues	37	0	37	0
Other | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	3	0	4	0
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Other | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,294	1,223	2,686	3,004
Cost of revenues	488	407	1,024	891
Other | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0