Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | segment	3
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 178,135	$ 222,435
Net revenues	108,390	130,069
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	79,309	89,275
General and administrative	12,510	18,839
Depreciation and amortization	7,572	7,733
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	(22)	744
Interest expense	5,455	5,329
Interest income	(821)	(843)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(516)	5,897
Other (income) expense	(599)	98
Income before income taxes	5,502	2,997
Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	178,135	222,435
Net revenues	108,390	130,069
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	79,309	89,275
General and administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	4,596	4,788
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	(74)	28
Interest expense	0	198
Interest income	(764)	(388)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(516)	5,897
Other (income) expense	(665)	66
Income before income taxes	26,504	30,205
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	136,499	165,597
Net revenues	85,596	99,478
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	62,092	68,059
General and administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	2,736	2,865
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	27	0
Interest expense	0	0
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Other (income) expense	0	0
Income before income taxes	20,741	28,554
Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	41,561	55,445
Net revenues	22,719	29,734
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	17,217	19,983
General and administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	1,860	1,889
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	(101)	28
Interest expense	0	28
Interest income	(764)	(388)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Other (income) expense	(455)	67
Income before income taxes	4,962	8,127
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	75	1,393
Net revenues	75	857
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	0	1,233
General and administrative	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	34
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	0
Interest expense	0	170
Interest income	0	0
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(516)	5,897
Other (income) expense	(210)	(1)
Income before income taxes	801	(6,476)
Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Net revenues	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	0	0
General and administrative	12,510	18,839
Depreciation and amortization	2,976	2,945
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other	52	716
Interest expense	5,455	5,131
Interest income	(57)	(455)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0
Other (income) expense	66	32
Income before income taxes	(21,002)	(27,208)
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	107,783	126,728
Cost of goods sold	64,543	84,076
Merchandise | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	107,783	126,728
Cost of goods sold	64,543	84,076
Merchandise | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	82,253	95,354
Cost of goods sold	48,059	61,364
Merchandise | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	25,530	31,374
Cost of goods sold	16,484	22,712
Merchandise | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0
Merchandise | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0
Jewelry scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues	6,759	9,528
Cost of goods sold	5,202	7,754
Jewelry scrapping | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	6,759	9,528
Cost of goods sold	5,202	7,754
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	4,004	6,117
Cost of goods sold	2,844	4,755
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	2,755	3,411
Cost of goods sold	2,358	2,999
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0
Jewelry scrapping | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	63,489	84,725
Pawn service charges | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	63,489	84,725
Pawn service charges | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	50,220	64,090
Pawn service charges | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	13,269	20,635
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	104	1,454
Cost of goods sold	0	536
Other | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	104	1,454
Cost of goods sold		536
Other | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	22	36
Cost of goods sold		0
Other | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	7	25
Cost of goods sold		0
Other | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	75	1,393
Cost of goods sold		536
Other | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 0	0
Cost of goods sold		$ 0