Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ 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
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	83,838	86,095	262,835	266,737
Administrative	14,688	13,685	46,797	41,814
Depreciation and amortization	7,679	7,254	23,174	21,114
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	255	24	1,260	3,643
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 goodwill and intangible assets	0	0	47,060	0
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
Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	210,233	202,465	655,951	632,890
Net revenues	102,184	115,853	359,618	373,592
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	83,838	86,095	262,835	266,737
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	4,736	4,632	14,587	13,684
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	237	2	142	3,621
Interest expense	176	1,567	894	1,850
Interest income	(404)	(376)	(1,161)	(1,226)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	1,183	(1,320)	5,896	(632)
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	0		47,060
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0		19,725
Other (income) expense	(66)	40	(289)	227
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	12,484	25,213	29,654	69,606
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	174,496	156,462	513,930	488,779
Net revenues	85,783	92,008	286,012	292,168
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	66,243	65,449	201,921	200,884
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,749	2,934	8,325	8,951
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	234	4	234	2,856
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	0		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	16,557	23,621	65,532	79,477
Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	34,844	44,733	138,438	139,837
Net revenues	15,508	23,151	71,047	78,617
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	15,041	18,284	53,493	54,703
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	1,647	1,626	5,476	4,543
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	23	(8)	(72)	743
Interest expense	0	1,491	430	1,570
Interest income	(404)	(376)	(1,161)	(1,226)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	0		35,936
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0		0
Other (income) expense	(61)	34	(303)	(63)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(738)	2,100	(22,752)	18,347
Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	9	0	13	0
Net revenues	9	0	13	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	1,497	1,368	3,571	4,981
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	337	0	726	0
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	0	0	0
Interest expense	36	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	0		0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0		0
Other (income) expense	0	0	0	0
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(1,861)	(1,368)	(4,284)	(4,981)
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	884	1,270	3,570	4,274
Net revenues	884	694	2,546	2,807
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Operations	1,057	994	3,850	6,169
Administrative	0	0	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	3	72	60	190
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	(20)	6	(20)	22
Interest expense	140	76	464	280
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	1,183	(1,320)	5,896	(632)
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	0		1,124
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates		0		19,725
Other (income) expense	(5)	6	14	290
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(1,474)	860	(8,842)	(23,237)
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	14,688	13,685	46,797	41,814
Depreciation and amortization	2,943	2,622	8,587	7,430
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	18	22	1,118	22
Interest expense	5,203	8,265	15,695	25,362
Interest income	(224)	(2,796)	(1,251)	(8,411)
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	74	(44)	7	(348)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes	(22,702)	(21,754)	(70,953)	(65,869)
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	136,537	103,902	393,095	346,186
Cost of revenues	91,859	70,271	261,711	225,183
Merchandise | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	136,537	103,902	393,095	346,186
Cost of revenues	91,859	70,271	261,711	225,183
Merchandise | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	116,258	83,904	314,059	275,639
Cost of revenues	75,838	52,855	202,488	172,931
Merchandise | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	20,279	19,998	79,036	70,547
Cost of revenues	16,021	17,416	59,223	52,252
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	20,303	18,212	41,709	37,873
Cost of revenues	16,158	15,765	33,529	32,648
Jewelry scrapping | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	20,303	18,212	41,709	37,873
Cost of revenues	16,158	15,765	33,529	32,648
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	17,129	13,889	32,905	28,357
Cost of revenues	12,875	11,599	25,430	23,680
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	3,174	4,323	8,804	9,516
Cost of revenues	3,283	4,166	8,099	8,968
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	52,460	78,980	217,407	244,298
Pawn service charges | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	52,460	78,980	217,407	244,298
Pawn service charges | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	41,069	58,635	166,859	184,658
Pawn service charges | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	11,391	20,345	50,548	59,640
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	933	1,371	3,740	4,533
Cost of revenues	32	576	1,093	1,467
Other | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	933	1,371	3,740	4,533
Cost of revenues	32	576	1,093	1,467
Other | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	40	34	107	125
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Other | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	67	50	134
Cost of revenues	32	0	69	0
Other | Segments | Lana
Revenues:
Total revenues	9	0	13	0
Cost of revenues	0	0	0	0
Other | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	884	1,270	3,570	4,274
Cost of revenues	0	576	1,024	1,467
Other | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of revenues	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0