Segment Information - Operating Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) segment	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment									3
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 192,444	$ 174,033	$ 184,939	$ 178,135	$ 166,839	$ 210,224	$ 223,280	$ 222,435	$ 729,551	$ 822,777	$ 847,229
Net revenues	$ 119,326	$ 108,021	$ 113,748	$ 108,390	$ 89,596	$ 102,175	$ 127,362	$ 130,069	449,485	449,201	494,448
Segment and corporate expenses (income)
Store expenses									330,837	336,770	350,578
General and administrative									56,495	54,133	63,665
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets									0	54,666	0
Depreciation and amortization									30,672	30,827	28,797
Gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets and other									83	801	4,399
Other charges									229	20,388	0
Interest expense									22,177	22,472	32,637
Interest income									(2,477)	(3,173)	(11,086)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates									(3,803)	2,429	135
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates									0	0	19,725
Other (income) expense									(790)	(17)	1,424
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes									16,062	(70,095)	4,174
Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues									729,551	822,777	847,229
Net revenues									449,485	449,201	494,448
Segment and corporate expenses (income)
Store expenses									330,837	336,770	350,578
General and administrative									0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets										47,087
Depreciation and amortization									18,021	18,413	18,365
Gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets and other									21	293	4,375
Other charges									229	8,623
Interest expense									0	1,234	2,100
Interest income									(2,016)	(1,586)	(1,601)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates									(3,803)	2,429	135
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates											19,725
Other (income) expense									(1,013)	(150)	1,802
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes									107,209	36,088	98,969
Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									553,581	638,843	650,413
Net revenues									349,541	359,235	385,959
Segment and corporate expenses (income)
Store expenses									253,344	261,608	269,003
General and administrative									0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets										10,000
Depreciation and amortization									10,650	11,030	11,879
Gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets and other									27	385	3,402
Other charges									0	3,106
Interest expense									0	0	0
Interest income									0	0	0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates									0	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates											0
Other (income) expense									0	0	0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes									85,520	73,106	101,675
Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									175,550	180,111	191,185
Net revenues									99,524	87,096	105,196
Segment and corporate expenses (income)
Store expenses									77,493	69,916	74,199
General and administrative									0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets										35,938
Depreciation and amortization									7,371	7,315	6,267
Gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets and other									(6)	(72)	691
Other charges									229	1,715
Interest expense									0	685	1,609
Interest income									(2,016)	(1,586)	(1,601)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates									0	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates											0
Other (income) expense									(840)	(156)	(93)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes									17,293	(26,659)	24,124
Operating Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues									420	3,823	5,631
Net revenues									420	2,870	3,293
Segment and corporate expenses (income)
Store expenses									0	5,246	7,376
General and administrative									0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets										1,149
Depreciation and amortization									0	68	219
Gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets and other									0	(20)	282
Other charges									0	3,802
Interest expense									0	549	491
Interest income									0	0	0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates									(3,803)	2,429	135
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates											19,725
Other (income) expense									(173)	6	1,895
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes									4,396	(10,359)	(26,830)
Corporate
Revenues:
Total revenues									0	0	0
Net revenues									0	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income)
Store expenses									0	0	0
General and administrative									56,495	54,133	63,665
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets										7,579
Depreciation and amortization									12,651	12,414	10,432
Gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets and other									62	508	24
Other charges									0	11,765
Interest expense									22,177	21,238	30,537
Interest income									(461)	(1,587)	(9,485)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates									0	0	0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates											0
Other (income) expense									223	133	(378)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes									(91,147)	(106,183)	(94,795)
Merchandise
Revenues:
Total revenues									442,798	498,213	453,375
Cost of goods sold									257,218	334,481	297,508
Merchandise | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues									442,798	498,213	453,375
Cost of goods sold									257,218	334,481	297,508
Merchandise | Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									341,495	391,921	355,996
Cost of goods sold									191,039	251,544	225,136
Merchandise | Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									101,303	106,292	97,379
Cost of goods sold									66,179	82,937	72,372
Merchandise | Operating Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues									0	0	0
Cost of goods sold									0	0	0
Merchandise | Corporate
Revenues:
Total revenues									0	0	0
Cost of goods sold									0	0	0
Jewelry Scrapping
Revenues:
Total revenues									26,025	47,953	60,445
Cost of goods sold									22,848	38,041	52,935
Jewelry Scrapping | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues									26,025	47,953	60,445
Cost of goods sold									22,848	38,041	52,935
Jewelry Scrapping | Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									15,260	36,691	45,815
Cost of goods sold									13,001	28,064	39,318
Jewelry Scrapping | Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									10,765	11,262	14,630
Cost of goods sold									9,847	9,977	13,617
Jewelry Scrapping | Operating Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues									0	0	0
Cost of goods sold									0	0	0
Jewelry Scrapping | Corporate
Revenues:
Total revenues									0	0	0
Cost of goods sold									0	0	0
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues									260,196	272,638	327,366
Pawn service charges | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues									260,196	272,638	327,366
Pawn service charges | Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									196,721	210,081	248,369
Pawn service charges | Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									63,475	62,557	78,997
Pawn service charges | Operating Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues									0	0	0
Pawn service charges | Corporate
Revenues:
Total revenues									0	0	0
Other
Revenues:
Total revenues									532	3,973	6,043
Cost of goods sold									0	1,054	2,338
Other | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues									532	3,973	6,043
Cost of goods sold										1,054	2,338
Other | Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									105	150	233
Cost of goods sold										0	0
Other | Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues									7	0	179
Cost of goods sold										101	0
Other | Operating Segments | Other International
Revenues:
Total revenues									420	3,823	5,631
Cost of goods sold										953	2,338
Other | Corporate
Revenues:
Total revenues									$ 0	0	0
Cost of goods sold										$ 0	$ 0