Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012 Nine Stores Pawn Lending Locations [Member]	Oct. 25, 2012 Nine Stores Pawn Lending Locations [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Twenty Five Stores Pawn Lending Locations [Member]	Sep. 27, 2012 Twenty Five Stores Pawn Lending Locations [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Pawn Partners, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Pawn Partners, Inc. [Member]	Oct. 04, 2010 Maxit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Maxit [Member]	Dec. 31, 2008 Prenda Facil [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Prenda Facil [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Debit Plus Llc [Member]	Jul. 23, 2008 Debit Plus Llc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Other [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 Other [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 E-Commerce [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Creazione [Member]	Sep. 26, 2012 Creazione [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Semi Annual Measurement Date Middle Of Year [Member] Debit Plus Llc [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Semi Annual Measurement Date End Of Year [Member] Debit Plus Llc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Date of Acquisition Agreement				Oct. 08, 2012		Sep. 27, 2012		Nov. 22, 2011
Date of acquisition						Sep. 27, 2012		Nov. 30, 2011			Oct. 04, 2010			Jul. 23, 2008
Number of stores acquired				9		25		7		39						3	1	5
Cash paid					$ 15,431,000		$ 52,000,000		$ 49,261,000		$ 58,174,000	$ 82,600,000	$ 82,900,000		$ 5,600,000					$ 5,600,000
Acquisition costs								100,000		1,500,000		3,600,000	300,000		300,000
Acquisition consideration paid in shares										366,097		391,236
Restricted stock paid for acquisition	0	0	10,854,000								10,854,000		7,900,000
Percentage of voting interest acquired												80.00%								80.00%	20.00%
Business acquisition purchase price						55,091,000		53,561,000			69,028,000		90,500,000	24,900,000		3,200,000	300,000	2,900,000		8,400,000
Repayment of loan														4,900,000
Supplemental earn-out payments												5		8
Amount of supplemental payment												0		23,900,000
Measurement date for final supplemental payment																						June 30	December 31
Intangible assets, net					2,500,000		8,000,000		9,570,000		7,500,000								200,000
Additional consideration					$ 128,000	$ 3,100,000		$ (4,300,000)	$ 4,300,000
Number Of Stores Operating After Restructure	47