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Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Details) - USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
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Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total long-term obligations | $ 462,244,000 | $ 428,583,000 |  | $ 271,154,000
Less current portion | 75,090,000 | 36,529,000 |  | 24,049,000
Total long-term and capital lease obligations | 387,154,000 | 392,054,000 |  | 247,105,000
Debt premium (discount) | (42,159,000) | (44,130,000) |  | 409,000
Debt premium (discount), current | 114,000 | 177,000 |  | 280,000
Debt premium (discount), noncurrent | $ (42,273,000) | (44,307,000) |  | 129,000
2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 2.125% |  | 2.125% |
Recourse to EZCORP [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Capital lease obligations | $ 258,000 | 418,000 |  | 786,000
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 2.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2019 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 2.125% | 2.125% |  | 2.125%
Carrying Amount | $ 187,727,000 | $ 185,693,000 |  | $ 0
Debt premium (discount) | (42,273,000) | (44,307,000) |  | 0
Recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Cash convertible senior notes due 2019 embedded derivative [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount | 45,163,000 | 36,994,000 |  | 0
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Domestic line of credit up to $200 million due 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity | 200,000,000 | 200,000,000 |  | 200,000,000
Carrying Amount | 0 | 0 |  | 146,500,000
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount |  |  |  | 22,962,000
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Secured foreign currency debt up to $3 million due 2014 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |  | 3,000,000
Carrying Amount | 0 | 63,000 |  | 871,000
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 3,000 |  | 76,000
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Secured foreign currency debt up to $9 million due 2014 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 |  | 9,000,000
Carrying Amount | 0 | 86,000 |  | 0
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Secured foreign currency debt up to $19 million due 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity | 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 |  | 19,000,000
Carrying Amount | 0 | 0 |  | 4,138,000
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Secured foreign currency debt up to $5 million due 2016 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |  | 5,000,000
Carrying Amount | 0 | 0 |  | 4,867,000
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Secured foreign currency debt up to $9 million due 2016 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity | 9,000,000 | 9,000,000 |  | 9,000,000
Carrying Amount | 3,431,000 | 4,796,000 |  | 0
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Secured foreign currency debt up to $23 million due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity | 23,000,000 | 23,000,000 |  | 23,000,000
Carrying Amount | 20,360,000 | 22,240,000 |  |
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Consumer loans facility due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount | 0 | 0 |  | 32,147,000
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | Consumer loans facility due 2019 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount | 49,475,000 | 54,045,000 |  | 0
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 10% unsecured notes due 2014 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 10.00% | 10.00% |  | 10.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 0 | $ 1,158,000 |  | $ 7,703,000
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 11% unsecured notes due 2014 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 11.00% | 11.00% |  | 11.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 110,000
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 9% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 9.00% | 9.00% |  | 9.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 12,504,000 | $ 29,875,000 |  | $ 16,546,000
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 10% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 10.00% | 10.00% |  | 10.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 1,632,000 | $ 943,000 |  | $ 420,000
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 11% unsecured notes due 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 11.00% | 11.00% |  | 11.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 4,483,000 | $ 4,897,000 |  | $ 0
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 10% unsecured notes due 2016 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 10.00% | 10.00% |  | 10.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 108,000 | $ 118,000 |  | $ 121,000
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 12% unsecured notes due 2019 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 12.00% | 12.00% |  | 12.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 11,481,000
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 12% secured notes due 2016 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 12.00% | 12.00% |  | 12.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 3,507,000 | $ 3,881,000 |  | $ 0
Debt premium (discount) | $ 114,000 | $ 174,000 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 12% secured notes due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 12.00% | 12.00% |  | 12.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 4,160,000
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 333,000
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 12% secured notes due 2020 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 12.00% | 12.00% |  | 12.00%
Carrying Amount | $ 20,428,000 | $ 22,314,000 |  | $ 0
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 17% secured Notes Due 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 17.00% | 17.00% |  | 17.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 15% secured Notes Due 2016 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 15.00% | 15.00% |  | 15.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 11% secured Notes Due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 11.00% | 11.00% |  | 11.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 11% secured Notes Due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 11.00% | 11.00% |  | 11.00%
Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 15% secured Notes Due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Stated interest rate | 15.00% | 15.00% |  | 15.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member] | Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 17% secured Notes Due 2015 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount | $ 1,768,000 | $ 3,207,000 |  | $ 8,392,000
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member] | Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 15% secured Notes Due 2016 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount | 8,486,000 | 9,638,000 |  | 9,950,000
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member] | Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 11% secured Notes Due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount | 74,624,000 | 14,982,000 |  | 0
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member] | Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 11% secured Notes Due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount | 11,917,000 | 13,590,000 |  | 0
Debt premium (discount) | 0 | 0 |  | 0
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member] | Non-recourse to EZCORP [Member] | 15% secured Notes Due 2017 [Member] |  |  |  |
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Carrying Amount | 16,373,000 | 19,645,000 |  | 0
Debt premium (discount) | $ 0 | $ 0 |  | $ 0

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