Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Segment Reporting [Abstract]
Number of reportable segments | segment			3
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 174,033	$ 210,224	$ 537,107	$ 655,938
Net revenues	108,021	102,175	330,159	359,605
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	81,803	82,341	242,261	259,264
General and administrative	14,589	16,176	40,870	50,355
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets	0	0	0	47,060
Depreciation and amortization	7,419	7,679	23,080	23,174
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	(255)	(90)	(1,260)
Other charges	497	0	497	0
Interest expense	5,569	5,379	16,542	16,589
Interest income	(512)	(628)	(1,918)	(2,412)
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	(643)	1,183	(2,409)	5,896
Other (income) expense	65	28	(389)	(215)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(766)	(10,238)	11,535	(41,366)
Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	174,033	210,224	537,107	655,938
Net revenues	108,021	102,175	330,159	359,605
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	81,803	82,341	242,261	259,264
General and administrative	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets				47,060
Depreciation and amortization	4,406	4,399	13,431	13,861
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other		(237)	(27)	(142)
Other charges	497		497
Interest expense	0	140	0	894
Interest income	(484)	(404)	(1,819)	(1,161)
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	(643)	1,183	(2,409)	5,896
Other (income) expense	13	(66)	(558)	(289)
Income (loss) before income taxes	22,429	14,345	78,729	33,938
Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	130,444	174,496	413,957	513,930
Net revenues	83,256	85,783	260,905	286,012
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	62,507	66,243	188,256	201,921
General and administrative	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets				10,000
Depreciation and amortization	2,600	2,749	7,972	8,325
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other		(234)	(27)	(234)
Other charges	0		0
Interest expense	0	0	0	0
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	0	0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes	18,149	16,557	64,650	65,532
Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	43,500	34,844	122,812	138,438
Net revenues	24,676	15,508	68,916	71,047
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	19,296	15,041	54,005	53,493
General and administrative	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets				35,936
Depreciation and amortization	1,806	1,647	5,459	5,476
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other		(23)	0	72
Other charges	497		497
Interest expense	0	0	0	430
Interest income	(484)	(404)	(1,819)	(1,161)
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	(5)	(61)	(375)	(303)
Income (loss) before income taxes	3,566	(738)	11,149	(22,752)
Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	89	884	338	3,570
Net revenues	89	884	338	2,546
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	0	1,057	0	3,850
General and administrative	0	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets				1,124
Depreciation and amortization	0	3	0	60
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other		20	0	20
Other charges	0		0
Interest expense	0	140	0	464
Interest income	0	0	0	0
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	(643)	1,183	(2,409)	5,896
Other (income) expense	18	(5)	(183)	14
Income (loss) before income taxes	714	(1,474)	2,930	(8,842)
Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Net revenues	0	0	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	0	0	0	0
General and administrative	14,589	16,176	40,870	50,355
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets				0
Depreciation and amortization	3,013	3,280	9,649	9,313
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other		(18)	(63)	(1,118)
Other charges	0		0
Interest expense	5,569	5,239	16,542	15,695
Interest income	(28)	(224)	(99)	(1,251)
Equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	52	94	169	74
Income (loss) before income taxes	(23,195)	(24,583)	(67,194)	(75,304)
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues	107,808	136,537	330,816	393,095
Cost of goods sold	60,539	91,859	190,872	261,711
Merchandise | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	107,808	136,537	330,816	393,095
Cost of goods sold	60,539	91,859	190,872	261,711
Merchandise | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	84,465	116,258	260,545	314,059
Cost of goods sold	45,310	75,838	145,181	202,488
Merchandise | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	23,343	20,279	70,271	79,036
Cost of goods sold	15,229	16,021	45,691	59,223
Merchandise | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Merchandise | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0		0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues	5,673	20,303	18,507	41,709
Cost of goods sold	5,473	16,158	16,076	33,529
Jewelry scrapping | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	5,673	20,303	18,507	41,709
Cost of goods sold	5,473	16,158	16,076	33,529
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	1,908	17,129	9,493	32,905
Cost of goods sold	1,878	12,875	7,871	25,430
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	3,765	3,174	9,014	8,804
Cost of goods sold	3,595	3,283	8,205	8,099
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0	0
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	60,431	52,460	187,356	217,407
Pawn service charges | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	60,431	52,460	187,356	217,407
Pawn service charges | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	44,039	41,069	143,836	166,859
Pawn service charges | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	16,392	11,391	43,520	50,548
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	121	924	428	3,727
Cost of goods sold	0	32	0	1,093
Other | Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	121	924	428	3,727
Cost of goods sold	0	32		1,093
Other | Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	32	40	83	107
Cost of goods sold	0	0		0
Other | Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	7	50
Cost of goods sold	0	32		69
Other | Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues	89	884	338	3,570
Cost of goods sold	0	0		1,024
Other | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	$ 0	0
Cost of goods sold	$ 0	$ 0		$ 0