Segment Information - Operating Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) segment	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment	3
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 886,225	$ 729,551	$ 822,777
Gross profit	528,147	449,485	449,201
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	357,417	330,837	336,770
General and administrative	64,342	56,495	54,133
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets	0	0	54,666
Depreciation and amortization	32,140	30,672	30,827
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	(674)	83	801
Other charges	0	229	20,388
Interest expense	9,972	22,177	22,472
Interest income	(817)	(2,477)	(3,173)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,779)	(3,803)	2,429
Other (income) expense	(167)	(790)	(17)
Income (loss) before income taxes	67,713	16,062	(70,095)
Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	886,225	729,551	822,777
Gross profit	528,147	449,485	449,201
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	357,417	330,837	336,770
General and administrative	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets			47,087
Depreciation and amortization	18,465	18,021	18,413
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	14	21	293
Other charges		229	8,623
Interest expense	0	0	1,234
Interest income	(817)	(2,016)	(1,586)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,779)	(3,803)	2,429
Other (income) expense	(96)	(1,013)	(150)
Income (loss) before income taxes	154,943	107,209	36,088
Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	658,762	553,581	638,843
Gross profit	405,766	349,541	359,235
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	266,114	253,344	261,608
General and administrative	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets			10,000
Depreciation and amortization	10,552	10,650	11,030
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	51	27	385
Other charges		0	3,106
Interest expense	0	0	0
Interest income	(2)	0	0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	0	0	0
Income (loss) before income taxes	129,051	85,520	73,106
Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	227,352	175,550	180,111
Gross profit	122,270	99,524	87,096
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	91,303	77,493	69,916
General and administrative	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets			35,938
Depreciation and amortization	7,913	7,371	7,315
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	(37)	(6)	(72)
Other charges		229	1,715
Interest expense	0	0	685
Interest income	(815)	(2,016)	(1,586)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	(148)	(840)	(156)
Income (loss) before income taxes	24,054	17,293	(26,659)
Operating Segments | Other Investments
Revenues:
Total revenues	111	420	3,823
Gross profit	111	420	2,870
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	0	0	5,246
General and administrative	0	0	0
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets			1,149
Depreciation and amortization	0	0	68
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	0	0	(20)
Other charges		0	3,802
Interest expense	0	0	549
Interest income	0	0	0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,779)	(3,803)	2,429
Other (income) expense	52	(173)	6
Income (loss) before income taxes	1,838	4,396	(10,359)
Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0
Gross profit	0	0	0
Segment and corporate expenses (income):
Store expenses	0	0	0
General and administrative	64,342	56,495	54,133
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets			7,579
Depreciation and amortization	13,675	12,651	12,414
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	(688)	62	508
Other charges		0	11,765
Interest expense	9,972	22,177	21,238
Interest income	0	(461)	(1,587)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	(71)	223	133
Income (loss) before income taxes	(87,230)	(91,147)	(106,183)
Merchandise sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	532,886	442,798	498,213
Cost of goods sold	329,382	257,218	334,481
Merchandise sales | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	532,886	442,798	498,213
Cost of goods sold	329,382	257,218	334,481
Merchandise sales | Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	391,958	341,495	391,921
Cost of goods sold	230,241	191,039	251,544
Merchandise sales | Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	140,928	101,303	106,292
Cost of goods sold	99,141	66,179	82,937
Merchandise sales | Operating Segments | Other Investments
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0
Merchandise sales | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	32,033	26,025	47,953
Cost of goods sold	28,696	22,848	38,041
Jewelry scrapping sales | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	32,033	26,025	47,953
Cost of goods sold	28,696	22,848	38,041
Jewelry scrapping sales | Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	25,739	15,260	36,691
Cost of goods sold	22,755	13,001	28,064
Jewelry scrapping sales | Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	6,294	10,765	11,262
Cost of goods sold	5,941	9,847	9,977
Jewelry scrapping sales | Operating Segments | Other Investments
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0
Jewelry scrapping sales | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0
Cost of goods sold	0	0	0
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	320,865	260,196	272,638
Pawn service charges | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	320,865	260,196	272,638
Pawn service charges | Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	240,982	196,721	210,081
Pawn service charges | Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	79,883	63,475	62,557
Pawn service charges | Operating Segments | Other Investments
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0
Pawn service charges | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	0	0	0
Other revenues
Revenues:
Total revenues	441	532	3,973
Cost of goods sold	0	0	1,054
Other revenues | Operating Segments
Revenues:
Total revenues	441	532	3,973
Cost of goods sold			1,054
Other revenues | Operating Segments | U.S. Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	83	105	150
Cost of goods sold			0
Other revenues | Operating Segments | Latin America Pawn
Revenues:
Total revenues	247	7	0
Cost of goods sold			101
Other revenues | Operating Segments | Other Investments
Revenues:
Total revenues	111	420	3,823
Cost of goods sold			953
Other revenues | Corporate Items
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 0	$ 0	0
Cost of goods sold			$ 0