Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 210,233	$ 202,465	$ 655,951	$ 632,890
Net revenues	102,184	115,853	359,618	373,592
Operating expenses:
Operations	83,838	86,095	262,835	266,737
Administrative	14,688	13,685	46,797	41,814
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	0	0	47,060	0
Depreciation and amortization	7,679	7,254	23,174	21,114
Loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	255	24	1,260	3,643
Total operating expenses	106,460	107,058	381,126	333,308
Operating (loss) income	(4,276)	8,795	(21,508)	40,284
Interest expense	5,379	9,832	16,589	27,212
Interest income	(628)	(3,172)	(2,412)	(9,637)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	1,183	(1,320)	5,896	(632)
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	19,725
Other (income) expense	8	(4)	(282)	(121)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(10,218)	3,459	(41,299)	3,737
Income tax (benefit) expense	(4,751)	98	3,757	1,377
(Loss) income from continuing operations, net of tax	(5,467)	3,361	(45,056)	2,360
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(20)	(203)	(67)	(404)
Net (loss) income	(5,487)	3,158	(45,123)	1,956
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	0	0	0	(1,230)
Net (loss) income attributable to EZCORP, Inc.	$ (5,487)	$ 3,158	$ (45,123)	$ 3,186
Basic (loss) earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc. — continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.10)	$ 0.06	$ (0.81)	$ 0.06
Diluted (loss) earnings per share attributable to EZCORP, Inc. — continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.10)	$ 0.06	$ (0.81)	$ 0.06
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding (in shares)	55,068	55,445	55,395	55,306
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding (in shares)	55,231	55,487	55,483	55,327
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 136,537	$ 103,902	$ 393,095	$ 346,186
Cost of revenues	91,859	70,271	261,711	225,183
Jewelry scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues	20,303	18,212	41,709	37,873
Cost of revenues	16,158	15,765	33,529	32,648
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	52,460	78,980	217,407	244,298
Other
Revenues:
Total revenues	933	1,371	3,740	4,533
Cost of revenues	$ 32	$ 576	$ 1,093	$ 1,467