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Retirement Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Retirement Plans [Abstract] |
Retirement savings plan |
|  | Years Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Matching contributions to EZCORP 401(k) Plan |  | $ | 377 |  |  | $ | 260 |  |  | $ | 178 |
Matching contributions to Value Financial Services 401(k) Plan |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 97 |
Total Matching contributions |  | $ | 377 |  |  | $ | 260 |  |  | $ | 275 |
Contribution and amortized expense related to the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan |
|  | Years Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Contributions to the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan |  | $ | 701 |  |  | $ | 746 |  |  | $ | 579 |
Amortized expense due to Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan |  | $ | 526 |  |  | $ | 562 |  |  | $ | 463 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the costs related to the various types of retirement plans including defined benefit pension plan cost, defined contribution plan cost, other postretirement benefit plan cost, and net periodic benefit cost. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Publisher FASB -Number -Article -Subparagraph -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Paragraph 1 -Section 50 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6962843&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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